TweetYesterday I had quick shoot down at the Chicago Board of Trade to complement the print version of this article. It was an active day in the markets as China announced that they would raise their interest rates.
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Quickies Chicago for GO Magazine
Saturday, October 9, 2010
TweetEarlier this summer I got the chance for a quick assignment at the aptly named Quickies – a once every other month event that features quick readings (under four minutes – there is a buzzer) from some of the areas best writers, and sometimes out of towners as well. It was at Innertown Pub in [...]
Precast Concrete for Builder Magazine
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tweet Had a quick shoot earlier this summer to photograph one of the new dorms at the local college (North Central College) that are using precast concrete. Article is here. Now if I wasn’t bringing lights I probably could have ridden my bike to the shoot. It was interesting to see the new development going [...]
College Grads for WSJ
Friday, September 24, 2010
Tweet Recently made a day trip down to Indianapolis to photograph Phyllis Sellars, a grad of IU in Bloomington for a story on the value of a college education. The story chronicled the divergent paths that she and a high school friend took after they finished up at West Side High in Gary, Indiana. My [...]
Via Tania/City Magazine
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Tweet A couple months ago Victoria, a photo editor at City Magazine in NY asked me to make some portraits of Australian born/Chicago living artist Via Tania. I love these types of shoots and Tania was great to photograph. I even got to shoot mostly film which is a luxury for assignment work. The music [...]
Wall St. Journal: Green Jobs
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
TweetLast week I went down to Joliet Jr. College to witness some classes where IBEW (electrical workers union) members are getting training for green jobs…though most of the jobs have yet to materialize in the region. The article by Sudeep Reddy spells out the issue. Visually, a challenging assignment but that’s just fine with me. [...]
Bowman’s for TimeOut Chicago
Monday, April 5, 2010
TweetLast month I got a proposal for an interesting story from TimeOut. In October, Rachel Gilliam, a bartender at Bowman’s in Lincoln Square was the victim of a hit and run. The story, which was featured in their bars issue, focused on the space of Bowman’s and the community whose lives she touched. This was [...]
Positive Mothering for HIV+ Magazine
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
TweetI was recently welcomed into Sonja Ortman’s home for a shoot where the story focused on between being a mom caring for a normal, energetic kid and having to take care of yourself when you are living with HIV. Due to advancements in HIV drugs she was able to successfully birth an uninfected son in [...]
Race Car Jewelry for the National (Abu Dhabi)
Friday, March 5, 2010
TweetAt the end of Jan. I hiked up to small town Wisconsin to catch up with Mary Kaczor, a jet setting former F-1 racer turned jeweler/entrepreneur. This assignment was for the National, the Abu Dhabi based newspaper’s motoring section. Essentially she takes the parts from cars that have some sort of significance (won a specific [...]
Save this restaurant
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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 [...]