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I’m happy to share I was included as a finalist in this year’s LensCulture Street Photography Awards announced on Thursday. There were 6 winners, 8 juror’s picks and 25 finalists for the international competition representing 21 countries, with entries coming…
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My First Street Photography Zine: “Overtime”
It was exactly five years ago at the beginning of June in 2019 that I purchased my first two street photography zines: Too Much Freedom by Angelo Partemi and People Are Still Strange by Troy Holden. Fantastic work, both pieces,…
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Let There Be House (On the Lakefront)
Born in Chicago, I wasn’t. But since moving to the city 18 years ago, house music — born in the city at The Warehouse (from which it got its name) in the late 70s and early 80s and now grown…
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Chicagohenge: The Gathering
Spring has sprung, officially arriving with the vernal equinox on Tuesday. Of course, in Chicago, Mother Nature doesn’t always get the memo — I’m watching a heavy snowfall out the window as I type this on Friday. My winter boots…
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St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago: Invasion of the BORG
For the first time in years, I headed downtown for the St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Chicago on Saturday morning, my ’07 Nikon Coolpix in hand to capture the revelry. Most famously, it kicks off with the dyeing of the…
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We Talking About Practice
As someone who grew up playing sports all year round — baseball, basketball, golf, football, running, hell, even ping pong — it’s been my main frame of reference for the practice of street photography I discovered in my 30s. So…
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