I am a professional photographer, designer, and historic-preservation advocate whose work explores architecture, landscape, and the emotional presence of place. My photographs and writing about historic buildings and communities have appeared in magazines, books, public-history projects, and archival collections.
I approach photography as interpretive architectural portraiture. Rather than treating a building as an isolated object, I look for the qualities that reveal how a place is experienced: changing light, atmosphere, texture, human use, and the quiet evidence of time. My goal is to create images that preserve not only what a place looks like, but something of what it feels like to be there.
My connection to historic architecture began in Fort Worth. As a child, I often traveled through neighborhoods such as Fairmount and Ryan Place with my grandmother, learning to recognize architectural styles and hearing stories about the people who had lived in the homes. Those experiences shaped my lifelong interest in the relationship between buildings, memory, and community identity.
Museums and the western landscape further influenced my visual approach, deepening my appreciation for light, form, proportion, material, and design.
I studied fine-art photography and design at Tarrant County College. During that time, I also participated in independent photography studies with Peter Feresten, a documentary photographer and longtime Tarrant County College photography educator who developed the college’s program for the serious study of photography. His extensive photographic record of Fort Worth included the Stockyards of the 1970s, African American churches and blues clubs, and the people and culture of the 2500 Club. His commitment to sustained observation and documenting communities helped shape my understanding of photography as both an artistic practice and a historical record.
I later joined Tarrant County College’s journalism department. As Production Manager for The Collegian, I have worked alongside generations of student photographers, designers, journalists, and marketing staff whose work has received national recognition from the Associated Collegiate Press.
Historic preservation is an extension of my creative practice. I served as Chair of the Tarrant County Historical Commission during the 2023–2024 and 2025–2026 terms and have contributed to neighborhood history, architectural documentation, public education, and preservation initiatives throughout Tarrant County. My historical research and photography are also represented in the permanent Stacy Luecker Collection at the Tarrant County Archives.
For more than a decade, I have created the annual artwork for the Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes, transforming distinctive architectural details into collectible images that celebrate the neighborhood’s design and history.
I divide my time between a 1915 bungalow in Fort Worth’s Fairmount National Historic District and a home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the Southwest, my work expands beyond architecture to include the western landscape, wildlife, and the night sky.
Across these subjects, I remain interested in the same essential questions: how light gives character to a place, how environments hold memory, and how photography can preserve moments that may soon change or disappear.
Photo by John Ladd
Photo by John Ladd
Press, Awards and Recognition
Awards
Volunteer of the Year Award — Tarrant County Historical Commission, 2022
Presented by the Tarrant County Historical Commission recognizing an individual who has given unmeasurable hours of their time, talent, and knowledge in promoting the preservation and the heritage of Tarrant County
Great Steward Award — Historic Fort Worth, 2016
Presented by Historic Fort Worth, Inc. in recognition of long-term commitment to the preservation, restoration, and stewardship of the historic Grammer-Pierce House in Fort Worth’s Fairmount National Historic District.
Debbie Reynolds-Hazen Memorial Award — Tarrant County Historical Commission, 2016
Presented in recognition of leadership and commitment to collecting, documenting, and preserving the history of Tarrant County.
Collections and Historic Designations
Stacy Luecker Collection — Tarrant County Archives
A permanent archival collection containing historical research, family photographs, architectural documentation, and Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes materials associated with the 1915 Grammer-Pierce House.
The collection preserves research into the house and its former residents, historic family photographs, contemporary architectural documentation, Texas historical-marker materials, and neighborhood-tour records.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark — Grammer-Pierce House and the Naylor-Moses House
Researched the history of the 1915 Grammer-Pierce House, located descendants of former residents, and prepared the successful application for Recorded Texas Historic Landmark designation. The marker was dedicated in May 2016.
Researched the history of the 1910 Naylor-Moses House, located descendants of former residents, and prepared the successful application for Recorded Texas Historic Landmark designation. The marker was approved by the Texas HIstorical Commission in 2025.
Preservation Leadership and Contributions
Tarrant County Historical Commission
Appointed to the Tarrant County Historical Commission in 2015 and served as Chair during the 2023–2024 and 2025–2026 terms, and Tarrant County marker chair 2026-2027.
Work with the commission has included historic-resource documentation, preservation planning, public education, courthouse programming, and efforts to increase public awareness of Tarrant County history.
Historic Fort Worth Historic Resource Survey
Contributed architectural photography documenting more than 100 Fort Worth properties for updates to the city’s historic-resource records.
Also provided photography of Historic Fort Worth show houses, Thistle Hill, and the Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House for exhibitions, public programs, promotional materials, and preservation fundraising.
Fairmount Architectural Photograph Archive
Created and maintained an extensive online photographic archive of more than 10,000 images documenting houses and architectural changes throughout the Fairmount National Historic District.
The archive has served as a visual reference for homeowners, historians, contractors, researchers, and preservation officials.
Fairmount Preservation Guidelines
Served on the committee responsible for revising Fairmount’s historic preservation guidelines and standards.
Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes
For more than a decade, created the annual artwork for the Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes, transforming architectural details from participating properties into collectible images celebrating the neighborhood’s design and history.
Also served as a longtime member of the Home Tour Committee and contributed photography, design, communications, and promotional support to the district’s largest annual fundraiser.
National Student-Media Recognition
Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Recognition
Production Manager and adviser to The Collegian at Tarrant County College during national recognition from the Associated Collegiate Press, including Newspaper Pacemaker honors and additional finalist recognition in print and online categories.
These awards recognize the collaborative work of The Collegian’s student journalists, photographers, designers, editors, marketing staff, and advisers.
Features and Interviews
CandysDirt.com
Featured for more than a decade of creating artwork for the Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes and for work as Fairmount’s neighborhood photographer and visual storyteller.
“Stacy is absolutely one of the most creative people in our neighborhood. She is quite the visual artist when it comes to posters and photography.”
— Michael Tucker-McDermott, (May, 2026) quoted in CandysDirt.com
VoyageDallas
Featured in “Life & Work with Stacy Luecker,” an interview exploring photography, design, publishing, historic preservation, education, and the influence of place.
Selected Editorial and Publication Credits
Photography, writing, or creative work published or credited by:
American Bungalow
Old House Journal
Fort Worth Magazine
CultureMap Fort Worth
CandysDirt.com
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
City of Hurst publications
Additional work has appeared in books, neighborhood-history projects, preservation materials, exhibitions, public programs, and archival collections.