We Got Mail! Street Photography Workshop Review

Review of the Four Day Street Photography Winter Intensive: Four days with the inimitable Chuck Jines took my photography to a radically new and exciting place. On the very first day, I began looking at my city and it’s incredible…

Streets of Detroit – Detroit’s Salvation

Streets of Detroit – Detroit Street Photography Workshop

Epson V700 Photo Scanner: My Choice for Scanning B&W Negatives

One of the frequently asked questions that I receive from both friends and readers is, “do you have a darkroom where you make prints of your black and white street photos?” While I love shooting and developing film, I don’t have the space,…

Chicago Street Photography Workshop Review: Chris Chow

We got mail! It’s always exciting when participants of my street photography workshops take the time to share what they were able to takeaway from attending. I just received this review from a recent workshop participant: This is a review…

Chicago street photography the good book

The Good Book

These items had fallen from someone’s backpack…

Chicago Heroin Crisis – Starbucks Bleed

This, is Dominick. Dominick is a 28 year old Heroin addict, who, like many Heroin junkies, first started his habit by snorting. But, before ever trying Heroin, Dominick was taking prescription medications. Prescription drugs later led him to snorting junk –…

Is There A Heroin Crisis? A Response to Nick Gillespie

According to libertarian political pundit and editor in chief of Reason.com, Nick Gillespie, the recent death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has triggered, what he characterizes as “[a] massive outpouring of patently false and exaggerated stories about the increase in…

Toni - Chicago Street Life, 2014

Tony – Chicago Street Life, 2014