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Hotel Lucia

A large banner of Kennerly's photograph of President Richard Nixon at the Grand Ole Opry adorns the outside of Hotel Lucia in anticipation of its opening. The hotel features the world's largest permanent display of Kennerly's black and white photographs.
Kennerly peers out from behind a door featuring one of his images. On the wall next to him is artwork by Oregon-based painter Gregory Grenon.
In the lobby of the Hotel Lucia, the top of a piano serves as a reflecting pool for a wall of David Hume Kennerly images.
A portrait of Fidel Castro hanging between two elevator door is one of 680 Kennerly images on permanent display at the Hotel Lucia in Portland, Oregon.
Two images of President Richard Nixon are featured side-by-side in a hallway of the Portland, Oregon hotel.
A panel of prints in the hotel's lobby features a specially curated set of images that captures milestone moments in international history and popular culture.
Portraits of President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and Photographer Ansel Adams greet hotel guest.
The panel of Kennerly images in the Hotel Lucia lobby as seen following a remodel of the space.
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A large banner of Kennerly's photograph of President Richard Nixon at the Grand Ole Opry adorns the outside of Hotel Lucia in anticipation of its opening. The hotel features the world's largest permanent display of Kennerly's black and white photographs.
Kennerly peers out from behind a door featuring one of his images. On the wall next to him is artwork by Oregon-based painter Gregory Grenon.
In the lobby of the Hotel Lucia, the top of a piano serves as a reflecting pool for a wall of David Hume Kennerly images.
A portrait of Fidel Castro hanging between two elevator door is one of 680 Kennerly images on permanent display at the Hotel Lucia in Portland, Oregon.
Two images of President Richard Nixon are featured side-by-side in a hallway of the Portland, Oregon hotel.
A panel of prints in the hotel's lobby features a specially curated set of images that captures milestone moments in international history and popular culture.
Portraits of President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and Photographer Ansel Adams greet hotel guest.
The panel of Kennerly images in the Hotel Lucia lobby as seen following a remodel of the space.
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Hotel Lucia

Portland Oregon’s Hotel Lucia is home to the world’s largest permanent collection of Kennerly’s black-and-white photographs, featuring 680 of his photographs on display throughout its public spaces, corridors and guest rooms. The hotel’s lobby features a specially curated set that captures milestone moments in international history and popular culture. Hallways and guest rooms display a diverse array of images, ranging from John McCain campaigning for President, to Jerry and Kramer landing up in prison on the last episode of Seinfeld, and Kennerly’s celebrated shot of First Lady Betty Ford dancing on the Cabinet Room table the day before departing the White House at the end of the Ford administration.

The New York Times put the Lucia on the map after its 2002 rave review which cited the hotel’s innovative use of Kennerly’s photos. For nearly two decades, this eclectic Kennerly installation has remained an important draw for the hotel.