It is a perverse irony that when life gets hard, be it from overwork or depression, the very things that provide succor and distraction can lose their appeal. So it became, for me, with photography. It has been half a year since I’ve posted anything here, and what better way to get off the schneid … Continue reading A Winter’s Campus
Last weekend I visited this old cemetery located on the far north side of Chicago. Like its better known counterpart, Graceland, it is the final resting place of many famous Chicagoans. On the morning we were there, its leafy, park-like setting attracted many joggers and others just out for a stroll, as well as a … Continue reading Rosehill Cemetery
Last month, right around the peak of the autumn colors, we visited Chicago’s most storied graveyard. Walking through Graceland is a bit like a crash course in the who’s who of Chicago history. Every so often you will see a grave and think, “oh, so that’s where that street name came from.” Wikipedia has a … Continue reading Graceland Cemetery
A bleak December sun rises over Lake Michigan and the crumbling ore walls at the site of the former U.S. Steel plant. Continue reading US Steel Sunrise
Some scenes culled from a recent deep dive into years of photographs. All from around Chicago, all of places to which you go precisely because you shouldn’t. Continue reading That Toddlin’ Town
Chicago, my hometown, is flat. This lack of topographical drama can be a bit boring, to be sure, but can make for some nice panoramic photos if that’s what you’re looking for. Here’s a few shots from the south and southeast sides from a recent trip. Continue reading Flatlands
It is an oddly satisfying thought that the total amount of time I’ve spent in abandoned churches as an adult may, by now, have exceeded the time I spent in active ones as a child. From an outing last winter: Continue reading The Sacred and the Profane
On a day when we had other destinations, we were distracted by dramatic fog rolling in from the lake. Good thing, too, because this was the only good shot I got that day. Continue reading Morning Fog Over the Chicago River
Chicago, Southside. A pair of vertical-lift bridges span the Grand Calumet river. Continue reading Torrence Avenue Bridges
All the seeming of an explosion frozen in space. Continue reading Meteor Belt
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