There is always something happing on the streets of Chicago to photograph. A street photographer must always keep alert for those special moments that can happen spontaneously. Chicago is one of the best cities for street photography. If you are…
Author: C. Jines
Internationally published social documentary photographer and author.
Sunday Down By the River
Unfortunately, my left hand has never been the same since Bertha crushed it a few years back. I really love to play guitar, but I can only play for so long before my hand gives way. I even tried reversing…
Social Documentary Photography: “I just want to be happy.” – John Lee
Update: Today is March 2, 2014. John Lee was the main person I came to know during my photo documentary project on Heroin addiction. John surrendered to his addiction in the winter of 2016-2017 not long after getting out of…
Chicago Street Photography – A Beautiful Mind: The Tyner White B-Cart
Originally published on Jul 21, 2015, Chicago street photography Tyner will make an appearance in my book, Alley Boys. Street portrait photography Jul 21, 2015 What a pleasure it was running into Tyner White at Talkers’ Park yesterday. At 72…
Social documentary photography: When photo “subjects” become your friends
All photography is documentary. But, not all documentary is social… There is a big difference between cutting out vacation photos and gluing them into a scrapbook/journal, and serious social documentary photography. Both have their place, but they are not the…
My first book release!
It was years in the making! Against Doctor’s Orders by Chuck Jines | Blurb Books Order your physical copy today. https://www.blurb.com/b/11919973-against-doctor-s-order
New Mexico Dust Storm
New Mexico is currently enduring some high winds which are causing major dust storms across the state. We’re hanging in there here on our hill. We lost a few sheets of tin off the outhouse roof, but other than that,…
A healthy photographic diet
Are you feeling well, photographically? Or, are you feeling a bit queezy? Are you sharing your photos on Facebook groups and Instagram? How much time do you spend looking at photo books? Has this affected your photography? ( photo by…
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