Chicago Street Photography – Alley Boys: Tattoo Tattoo was always a bunch of fun. He spent most of his time on the other side of the river, over on Rush Street, but he’d make his way back to the South…
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Chicago Street Photography – Teddy “The Bear” Smith: The King of State Street – Gallery A
Teddy “The Bear” Smith: The King of State Street – Gallery A When I left Chicago for New Mexico back in 2016, Teddy was 64 years old. He spent his adult life living on and off the streets, and in…
Chicago Street Photography: Alley Boys – Down On The Corner
Chicago Street Photography: Alley Boys – Down On The Corner – Radical, Bruce, and Teddy – Corner of Adams and Wabash, Chicago I spent five years hanging out with these guys. Over the years, Teddy and I became good friends.…
Chicago Street Photography- Alley Boys- The Time Has Come
This is one of the images I’m including in my upcoming book, Alley Boys, Life On The Streets Of Chicago’s South Loop
How can I make better street photos?
In this podcast on street photography, I discuss what I study and how I work to make better imagery in my documentary photography. Chicago Street Photography – Alley Boys – Exhibit A Take a look at this image from my…
Chicago Street Photography: Alley Boys, Gathering Resources
Chicago Street Photography: Alley Boys, Gathering Resources
Homelessness and Mental Illness – Crazy Tony – Alley Boys
Trapped within the haunted corridors of his own mind, left to sift dingy alleyways beneath the Emerald City. Grasping at redemption for sins not his own, voices follow everywhere down psychotic sidewalks. He sleeps in cold graveyards, and heavenly abandoned…
Alley Boys – Israel
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!