Grant Park, 2AM
Very late last night I went out to take pictures in the incredibly dense fog which had enveloped the city. It was magical. This shot was taken in Grant Park.
Category: personal work
State Street style, 1982
Lately I’ve been combing through my archives, looking for street pictures and other shots to include in a portfolio I hope to exhibit. I shot these two rakish pedestrians on State Street in 1982 for a darkroom class, during my first year at Columbia College.
Billares Lucky Green
Down the block from my studio, on Cermak.
Route 66
I shot this portrait of Ania Sodziak a couple weeks ago, under the tracks on Route 66 down the street from Douglas Park–a stone’s throw from my studio.
Cermak Bridge
Cermak and Canal, shot with a Widelux.
South Halsted St. Newsstand
I’ve been printing my street pictures; both recent work and older pictures like these two, which I shot at Halsted and 87th, circa 1991. I’m putting together a portfolio of prints I hope to exhibit in the near future. This was shot on Ilford HP5 film, for you film fetishists.
Lovely Little Girls: live at The Burlington
Last Thursday I shot the above picture at The Burlington in their excellent new music room. Pictured is Gregory Jacobsen performing with his ensemble called Lovely Little Girls. Jacobsen is also a very gifted painter. Below is proof sheet detail from a 2001 Lovely Little Girls shoot we did for the Reader.
26th Street
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Shot last month on Mission Street in San Francisco. UPDATE: Just added two pictures I shot last October in New York City…that top photo seemed a little lonely.
Rest in Peace John Grabski III
Last November I met John Grabski III, who was in town recording an album (as “Teeth”) with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio. I was planning on waiting until the record was pressed to post the photos, but I just heard the terrible news that he died (I’m not yet exactly sure when–sometime in the last few days). He had long known that he had cancer and didn’t have long to live, but nonetheless this came as a shock. I was looking forward to meeting him again and talking to him about the finished record. I only spent a couple hours with him but he made quite an impression in that short time. The record, called “The Strain,” is here.
