Learn the Essentials of Manual DSLR Photography! When: Saturday, March 8, 2014 Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Where: Downtown Chicago (details provided after RSVP) Are you wanting to achieve better results from your photographic efforts? Do you have a…
Author: C. Jines
Internationally published social documentary photographer and author.
Contemplating Addiction – John, Heroin Addict, Chicago 2014
“I really want to get clean, but I hate having to get fucking sick.” -John
B&W Development Bag For Loading Film Into Development Tank
Would you like to start developing your own B&W film? I just found a changing bag for loading film into the development tank – a sort of “Portable Darkroomat” – over at Adorama, for a really good price: Adorama Small…
On the legalization of Heroin and Other Hard Drugs
On the legalization of Heroin and Other Hard Drugs Chicago is currently suffering through a horrific Heroin crisis. For the past six months I’ve been working on a documentary photo project which focuses on Heroin addiction. During this time, I…
Street Photography Tip: How Cards and Prints Can Save Your Ass
Street Photography Tip: How Cards and Prints Can Save Your Ass
Tattoo Spreading Smiles
Tattoo is one of Chicago’s long-time homeless men who lives in the South Loop area. He has a very distinctive and exuberantly hardy laugh.
Chicago’s Silver Statue Man: Straight Panhandling
“Whisky! Rum! Anything to help keep warm,” chanted Chicago’s Silver Statue Man. “Did you know that I’m the most photographed human statue in the world? It’s too cold for all that shit today, so I’m straight panhandling… Whisky! Rum! Anything to…
When Clouds Get In The Way… R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman
“No civilization has found life tolerable without narcotics or stimulants.” -Will Durant The recent death of actor Philip Hoffman has pulled the issue of heroin addiction into the forefront of our collective attention. To look at the photo of Philip…