Swope Legato is a gallery of photography and sensory projects dedicated to awakening memory, imagination, and presence. Rooted in the Mark Swope Photo Archive, it carries a lineage of image-making that spans generations while honoring the distinct vision of each photographer in the family. The name Legato, drawn from the musical term for smooth, continuous transition, reflects the thread that connects past, present, and future through art.

Extending beyond the archive and fine art photography, Swope Legato embraces multidisciplinary projects that explore how art engages the senses. This vision found early expression in Our Ocean’s Edge, an ocean awareness exhibition and book by Jasmine Swope that invited viewers to encounter the coastal landscape with heightened attention to sight, sound, and presence. Building on that foundation, Jasmine is now developing Senses in Bloom and the book In Every Sense, projects in progress that will unfold gradually, offering new ways of experiencing art through light, sound, fragrance, texture, and taste.

From the enduring depth of the Mark Swope Archive to the evolving reach of Jasmine Swope’s sensory and book projects, Swope Legato continues to imagine new ways of experiencing art across time and memory.