CityBook's First Five Years in Photographs: 2017-2018

CityBook's First Five Years in Photographs: 2017-2018

Model Krystie Wilson in Helmut Lang at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (March 2018, photo by Jhane Hoang)

AFTER AN EXTRAORDINARY half-decade for H-Town — multiple once-in-a-lifetime weather events, a World Series win, an epic pandemic and much more — independently published, proudly all-local Houston CityBook marks five years in print this fall. With the gracious support of Deutsch Fine Jewelry, which has appeared as an advertiser on the back cover of every single issue, we look back at our take on the glamour, grit, style and substance of the most fascinating city in America. Get the picture? Presented by Deutsch Fine Jewelry


Model Savannah Barker appears in Dolce & Gabbana on a fall fashion cover (September 2017, photo by Julie Soefer)

Celebrating José Altuve and the World Series champion Astros (December 2018, photo by Brett Coomer/AP)

An outtake of a portrait shoot featuring indie-pop artist Lauren Warthen, photographed at Hotel Zaza Memorial in Memorial for the second annual Music Issue (May 2018, photo by Steven Visneau)

Lynn Wyatt at the party at Uptown's Hotel Granduca celebrating the first honorees of the annual 'Leaders & Legends' portrait series (Summer 2018, photo by Daniel Ortiz)

Dynamo soccer star Joe Holland in Valentino and Burberry in EaDo (September 2017, photo by Samantha Jane Beatty)

Metal sculptor Tara Conley at work in Montrose, photographed for the first annual 'A Day in the Life of the Arts' documentary feature (November 2017, photo by Daniel Ortiz)

Model Whitney Ann wears Balmain, photographed in Memorial (Summer 2018, photo by Steven Visneau)

Tobe Nwigwe, photographed at Hotel Zaza Memorial in Memorial for the second annual Music Issue (May 2018, photo by Steven Visneau)

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