The photographer · Chicago & Tampa Bay

Meet Krystian Swierk, the photographer behind the station.

Krystian Swierk is the photographer behind You Will Never Forget It. He also runs Fountains of Rome, a Chicago wedding, editorial and lifestyle photography brand, where the same standard has run across a decade of work from Chicago's lakefront to the Riviera Maya.

Why it matters who is holding the camera

Direction makes room for the person in front of the camera.

A guest steps off the floor and into the portrait area. The photographer guides their pose, adjusts the light and gives them time to settle before taking the photograph. That direction matters most for the people who feel uncomfortable in front of a camera.

The decade, under the Fountains of Rome name

Where those ten years were spent.

  • Chicago's lakefront and museum halls
  • Milwaukee
  • Florida's coasts
  • the Riviera Maya

Weddings, editorial and lifestyle work, shot as Fountains of Rome. That is the photographer's history, not this company's territory. You Will Never Forget It serves Chicagoland, Tampa Bay and Sarasota. The city changes. The standard does not.

The standard

Direction begins before the event.

We plan the station around the venue, reception schedule and people you want photographed. Availability, coverage and the crew are confirmed for your booking.

Roots are Polish, and at home in Chicago's Polish community, which is why so many of these nights move between two sets of traditions without anyone having to explain them first.

The wider body of work

Fountains of Rome →

The Portrait Station includes
  • A 4x6 print handed to each guest on the night
  • The full edited gallery within two weeks

Your date only happens once.

Tell us the date and the room. We will say plainly what fits it, and what does not.