Teddy (Right) and Hercules take shelter in a popular alley in Chicago’s Loop.
Category: Independent Photojournalism
Demonstrators Clash During the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio
Surprisingly few anti-Trump protesters showed up to disrupt the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. While it had been reported that as many as ten thousand demonstrators would be in attendance, the Tuesday July 19th demonstration produced no more…
Saying goodbye…
Saying goodbye… I don’t have much time left here in Chicago, so before my last few street photography workshops, I went around and took some photos with several of the folks that I’ve come to know over these past eight…
Teddy, Hercules, and Me – Talkers’ Park, Chicago
I’ll sure miss these guys… Hard to believe that I’ve been photographing these guys for almost five years. Somewhere along the way, they became much more than “photographic subjects;” they became my friends.
Teddy Smith, Alive and Well!
It has been some time since I’ve seen ol’ Teddy Smith. We were working on getting his cataracts taken care of about a year ago, but Teddy has been in and out of jail so much during this time that…
Street Sleeper
We see this sad sight all over the country. When we come across these worn and tattered souls scattered like fallen leaves along the sidewalk, we ask ourselves how something like this came to be, we ask ourselves if there…
Gravis Update: Addicted To Hope
I’m in the process of writing the text narrative for the May issue of Gravis. This will be the last issue in the three-part series, “Against Doctor’s Orders,” which covers the tragic story of a heroin addict known as “Shaggy.”…
Aidan Ellison, age 20, heroin addict
So young… I read “The Hustle,” from the first issue of Gravis to him, that section where I describe how addicts put on their sad faces while panhandling, and then once they get around the corner, they’re all smiles. “Wow,…
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