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Welcome to the 50-Nifty.com project. Forty state capitols down and only ten to go!

Hi I’m Edward Crim, professional photographer; educator; amateur historian, and art critic in Saint Louis, Missouri. My friend and co-producer, Paul Heirendt and I need your support to put our project over the top! The goal of our project is to provide students and teachers free high quality educational resources on our 50 state capitols. The 50-Nifty.com team has visited and photographed 40 of our state capitols - see them online at 50-Nifty.com. You can help us add the other ten and complete our coverage of all fifty state capitols!

Somewhere along the way, though, I realized this project was much bigger than just photographs could convey, so we’ve launched an educational resource Website for students and teachers to show them not only the art and architecture of these historic buildings, but also the history and importance in our American life.  Each capitol, through its history, art, architecture, and openness to visitors, reveals something of the character of each state. You could call it a personality test of sorts.

An important additional resource we are producing for 50-Nifty.com is a documentary featuring our state capitols. It will provide the back-story for many of the photos I’ve already taken, but also interviews with state officials, behind the scenes tours of these magnificent buildings, and intriguing snippets from their history.  

To do this we really need your help. Creating this documentary will take us another year or two, and a lot of money for the production crew and travel expenses. We are seeking corporate sponsorship, but we also need your help.

If you love art, architecture and America, please help us complete this project.  All 50-Nifty.com project supporters will be recognized on the site and in the documentary.