Alley Boys

Alley Boys – From left to right we have Radical, Stutters, Hercules, and I do not remember the young man on the far right. He had just started hanging around right at the same time I was moving to New…

May he rest in peace

This is a large print of John Lee over at Punchie’s house. A small detail about this photo if you look closely, there’s a magazine stuffed into the hole in the wall. It’s a photograph of Robin Williams with his…

I often times think of Tony..

I often times think of Tony still to this day. I fear that he is either dead, or permanently institutionalized. Tony would email me from time to time until about 2 years ago. Tony has an interesting story, and at…

Layering, the rule of odds, timing…

The tension, the contradiction… Chicago, 2009.

Street life

Teddy was preparing to urinate in the corner behind the door when the bank security guard suddenly noticed what Teddy was about to do. The security guard threw opened the door, thus slamming Teddy’s head into the glass window. Teddy…

Shape, line, light and dark. Chicago

My Kind of Town

“My Kind of Town” – I’ve always liked this shot. View down Chicago’s State Street, 2014. That one loan man crossing the street I find intriguing. This was shot through the glass of the Elevated platform.