Category Archives: Chicago photography
Photo of the Day: Autumn Leaves in Hyde Park
This photo was taken a few years ago in Hyde Park. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so anything I say now would be superfluous.
Photo of the Day: GAR Rotunda
The Chicago Cultural Center (previously the main branch of the Chicago Public Library) houses two eye-popping domes. This one is the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Rotunda, and the other was designed by Louis Tiffany. This room is a memorial to the Union soldiers who gave their lives in the Civil War; it’s one of the most beautiful and peaceful rooms in Chicago.
Photo of the Day: Midway Plaisance in Hyde Park
The Midway Plaisance is a mile-long green belt bisecting the University of Chicago campus. This area was adjacent to the World’s Colombian Exposition of 1893–if you read “Devil in the White City” you know all about this area. The original Ferris Wheel might have been located exactly where this photo was taken. Today, this is the world’s best place for people watching of Nobel Prize winners. Hyde Park is the part of Chicago where I live as well as my friend Barack Obama.
Photo of the Day: Special Effects
This is a test photo for a client, they needed something different and creative. The end product would be a print in a hotel. So many possibilities with Photoshop–maybe I got a little carried away, but it was fun.
Photo of the Day: Crown Fountain
Crown Fountain is a fun place to hang out. Where else can you be drenched by a powerful stream of water bursting from a giant pair of video lips while admiring the stunning architecture along south Michigan Avenue? These teens weren’t admiring the historic architecture, they were just chillin (literally) on a hot summer day. Now we know where all the students were during the recent public school strike.
Photo of the Day: Painting a Mural
When does graffiti become a mural or a work of art? I came upon this artist one morning in Rogers Park, on the far north side. I’m really not sure if his work was sanctioned or condoned by the local authorities, or perhaps they just didn’t see him because of the camouflage jacket he was wearing. And I guess I will never know.
Photo of the Day: Wicker Park
Wicker Park on the northwest side is one Chicago’s most colorful neighborhoods. Teeming with artists, students, hipsters, hippies, and members of the 47% that Romney says are sponging off the government, the area surrounding Six Corners (Damen/Milwaukee/North) has more tattoos per capita than anyplace in the known world. Funky shops, funky restaurants, funky bars, and funky bookstores–this area can only be described as funky.
Photo of the Day: North Avenue Bridge
My so-called “photo of the day” has proven to be inaccurate: it didn’t even take one week and already I forgot to post a photo to my blog. I will rectify that oversight by posting two photos today. This is a night view of the North Avenue Bridge over Lake Shore Drive. It was taken a month ago on a very warm summer night; we won’t be having too many of those again for a long long time.
Photo of the Day: Greek Fest
Mid-August means Greek Fest, and this year was the 63rd annual festival of feta, olive oil, spanikopita, and Greek dancing. To the uninitiated, the dancing looks like a Greek version of the hora: people dancing in a circle, people pretending to know what they are doing but really just faking it, and people dancing after eating too much food and trying not to be sick. If you like to eat delicious Greek food with 50,000 good friends, this is the place to be.
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