Construction continues around the clock on Chicago’s Wells Street Bridge, as crews feverishly work to replace the south leaf section of the bridge. The project is scheduled to last nine days with the bridge reopening for the morning rush on March…
Author: C. Jines
Internationally published social documentary photographer and author.
Chicago Street Photography – Getting in Close
Chicago Street Photography – About getting in close when shooting street photography: I wanted to talk a little about defusing a situation when someone gets all nasty when you take a close portrait. I was shooting with my buddy Chicago…
Alley Boys #Chicago, 2013
It’s so cold here in Chicago that the concrete has turned to steel. “And there is another feeling that is a great consolation in poverty. I believe everyone who has been hard up has experienced it. It is a feeling…
Word From The Street: RIP “T” – Cold Streets Take Another Life
She opened her wallet and pulled out a small tattered photo of a young child. “This is my little girl,” she said. “Do you think you could take a photo of this photo, and then have it enlarged? It’s her…
Word From The Street: Phil’s Fund
Street Photography is far more than just taking pictures… – Okay, as many people know, I’m trying to ease the suffering of several mentally disabled homeless men through the winter by providing food and warm clothes (part of my “Under…
Idle No More, Chicago
Idle No More The Idle No More protest movement continues to gain steam here in Chicago.
Tattooed Teardrops
Tattooed teardrops line the sterilized institutional halls for the morning call – hot flesh delivered live from the cold hard streets of steel keeps the iron ball rolling, the silver bell tolling, and the lead still flowing. There is no…
The End of Little Cheyenne? Aldermen Push to Close Down Ewing Annex Hotel
Tucked away in a dreary little corner of Chicago’s financial district, directly in the shadow of the tallest building in the Western hemisphere, sits a tiny row of buildings on the 400 block of South Clark Street, that makeup all…
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