I’d like to share some of the backstory to some of my images. Questions and comments welcome.
Category: Chicago Documentary Photography
Montrose Beach in Black and White
I love Montrose Beach. I spent as much time there as I possibly could. It always reminded me of the Chicago song, Saturday In The Park. Montrose Beach is located at 4400 N. Lake Shore Drive. Here are a few…
Phil – The most vulnerable in our society
From 2008 through 2016, I documented homelessness on the streets of Chicago’s Loop area. I did what I could to try to ease the suffering of those who suffered from serious mental disabilities. I wish our society had the funding…
Chicago Street Photography – Sabo – Almighty Ambrose, 63 St
When you spend years shooting street photography in the same area, you get to know people on a personal level. That’s why I prefer long-form street photography projects over a drive-by snapshot approach. Sabo was a guy I got to…
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…
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…
Photojournalism by Chuck Jines – Jesse Jackson Black Friday Demonstration Chicago, 2015
A few selections from my coverage of the Black Friday Protest.