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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Save this restaurant

TweetI recently had a few shoots for TimeOut Chicago’s series highlighting unique and valuable Chicago eateries that are struggling in the nonsense economy we have. I was also exposed to some cool new places that I might just have to go check out on my own time. This is an outtake of Bobby Syed, owner [...]

Fujifilm Distinction Awards – Congrats Friends

TweetBuddy of mine Jason Andrew with whom I used to intern at James Nachtwey’s studio at a few years ago recently got 2nd place in theĀ Fujifilm Distinction Awards with the below image from his work in Abkhazia. The winner was Ikuru Kuwajima, who’s work in the Ukraine and surrounding regions has also been some of [...]

Pick Me Up, details.

TweetFractures from a cafe. It’s been ages since I used 35mm film, in fact growing up with digital it’s all I ever really used on a day to day, save for the hundreds of rolls of 120/220 I’ve been through for mostly personal work. This film is probably 7 years expired, and I have a [...]

A Tree Grows…

TweetReturned home from some time in Brooklyn and NYC with a refreshed sense of photography. Met some wonderful people both in and outside of portfolio meetings. Thanks editors for letting me stop by your office and thanks friends for putting me up in your places, it’s much appreciated. Tomorrow I’ll start work on another story [...]

NYC

TweetI’ll be in NYC until next Sat, February 20th. If you’re out that way and would like to meet up please drop me a line. Peter (at) peterhoffmanphoto (dot) com Thanks.

Orphans from Haiti for Grazia U.K.

TweetI got sent over to Pella, Iowa a few weeks ago to photograph a family who had, along with other families in town, sped up their adoption process of a Haitian orphan. Essentially what happened was that the earthquake hit and the Iowa families got worried, wondering if their children slated for adoption were still [...]

MyMidwest/Soul of Athens

TweetMyMidwest, the Midwest Airlines flight magazine recently wrote up a little piece about last year’s Soul of Athens project where I had some portraits included in a project called “Rural Progressives.” Jenn Poggi, formerly of U.S. News and World Report and now working in the White House photo department helped me produce the online piece. [...]

Catharsis

TweetJanuary was a pretty good month and a decent start to the new decade in this little corner of the world. Some of the images I shot won’t be published for a bit though, so I’m going back to a cold night in the middle of the month. I’m lucky enough to live with my [...]