Documenting the Human Experience
As a street and documentary photographer in Chicago, I had the opportunity to visit many diferent worlds. Back in 2015, I had the opportunity to photograph a mixed martial arts competition (Total Fight Challenge) (TFC 135) at the Willowbrook Ballroom…
Hey, John. How you doin’? You’ve been dead for several years now. I think about you all the time, about everything we talked about. I can’t help but see you lying dead in that bando that you liked to shoot…
America is currently suffering through a horrific heroin crisis. From small rural towns to large urban centers, dramatic increases in heroin overdoses are being reported. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, heroin use has nearly doubled since…
We have a difficult topic lingering in the cultural air that many people are ruthlessly unwilling to discuss, while at the same time, they seem all too willing to burn down American cities and destroy the lives of individuals in…
The trial of Derek Chauvin was a turning point in my life. Until then, I had at least some faith in our legal system. I had lost all respect for the news media while I was covering the shooting of…
The tension, the contradiction. The image, and the reality. The picture-perfect family where all is well, juxtaposed with the looming stench of desperation in the hollow stare. Studium, and punctum, social intention, and personal poignancy. Unscripted, spontaneous, fleeting yet somehow…
“Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.” -William S. Burroughs This video was included in the story covered by Ian Pannell of BBC News, Chicago. I believe Ian is now…
Israel called himself a tramp. A tramp, according to Israel, was different than bum in that a tramp keeps themselves clean and somewhat presentable. On the streets, everybody has a hustle!
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