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Don Cornelius Tribute on Milwaukee Avenue

newberry — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:02:56 +0000

Last night a group of enthusiastic and fabulous Soul Train fans gathered on Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park to pay tribute to the show’s host, Don Cornelius, who died yesterday.

Jeff Tweedy cover for Acoustic Guitar magazine

newberry — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:02:22 +0000

I photographed Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy for the March issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.

Theater Oobleck: Hunchback Variations

newberry — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:57:10 +0000

Theater Oobleck‘s new show, The Hunchback Variations Opera, opens tonight at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater. I haven’t seen it yet, but from all indications it’s outstanding. The libretto’s by brilliant playwright Mickle Maher, and music by the lovely and talented Mark Messing, bandleader of Mucca Pazza and one of the geniuses behind Opera-Matic (he’s second from the left in this photo). Info about tickets, etc here. I shot promo photos for the show, here are a couple.

Von Freeman at the Green Mill

newberry — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:58:35 +0000

Last October I photographed the legendary saxophonist Von “Vonski” Freeman for The Reader; here are a couple outtakes. I shot him before and during a set at the fabulous, historic Green Mill. Special thanks to Green Mill owner Dave Jemilo for being gracious and hospitable despite (because of a miscommunication) not knowing a photographer was coming that night.

Little Village Window

newberry — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:19:28 +0000

Shot today in a storefront window on Cermak near California.

Epic sunset at Douglas Park

newberry — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:17:06 +0000

Last Friday the Chicago area was treated to a sublime sunset sky. Here’s a shot (7 actually, stitched together) taken near my studio in Douglas Park. I’m reminded of something Frank Lloyd Wright once said, “I believe in God, only I spell it “Nature”.

Rob Crow music video “So Way”

newberry — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:55:09 +0000

My friend Mike Finch directed, edited, and stars in Rob Crow‘s (Pinback) new music video, So Way; I shot it. It debuted yesterday on the Rolling Stone blog, but the resolution is better at Mike’s Vimeo (below).

Little Village

newberry — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:16:38 +0000

Reader People Issue

newberry — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:56:15 +0000

I shot portraits of Charles Coleman, Christy LeMaster, Mike Reed, Fred Sasaki, and Weed Wolf for this week’s Reader–the inaugural People Issue. Thanks to photo editor Andrea Bauer for the plum of an assignment. The bottom two shots are outtakes.

Fred Sasaki

Charles Coleman

Weed Wolf

Diane Izzo: NYT “Lives They Loved”

newberry — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:56:16 +0000

The New York Times published a fascinating, heart-wrenching feature yesterday, called The Lives They Loved. They asked readers to send a photograph of a loved one who died last year; I submitted a picture of my close friend Diane Izzo.