I wanted to share something that might bring a smile to your face or give you hope for our future since that's about all we have to keep us going. And there's about nothing more hopeful than a group of 2nd graders, smart enough to...
Over the summer Kalamazoo Gourmet reached out to me to cover a private event they were holding in their Chicago office featuring internationally acclaimed and James Beard Award winning chef, Paul Kahan. For those who love food in the great city of Chicago, he is...
Running around the city and suburbs with people who are disabled makes you suddenly see things that you've never seen before, you definitely look at everything differently. It's like how I always have to remind myself that the Lawrence Red Line stop is not accessible...
After all of the commotion during the Chicago Public Schools strike (view photos on Facebook or Instagram) I thought it would be fun to focus (always pun intended) on a different kind of organized union of voices...
When I got the initial inquiry email from the National Forest Foundation asking if I could cover a project for them I thought it was a mistake, after all, they are in Montana and I'm in Illinois. But I figured I had to see...
Last spring I started to notice a new voice popping up on my Instagram feed featuring photography of students in various Chicago Public Schools called CPS Lives. I was immediately fascinated by the idea...
This summer I had the honor and pleasure of photographing the Cove School 5K Run/Walk, an annual fundraising event for this very unique institution nestled in the heart of Chicago's North Shore Suburbs. Staff members, families, school students and alumni all gathered...
It was a hot summer day when I was asked to drive out to Buffalo Grove, IL to photograph Keshet's longest running recreational activity, Buddy Baseball, with both a spring/summer, and summer/fall season totaling approximately 10 games. Sponsored by the Jerome and Freda Joseph family,...
Around this time last year, my family was in a very difficult spot in life, it got so stressful at times I had to constantly remind myself to breathe, to actually sit and breathe air in and out of my lungs. My mother in law...
Every year the Chicago Public Library Foundation holds a complete rager of a party in the Harold Washington Branch in the middle of the otherwise peaceful and always stunning winter garden. It's a fundraiser, put on by the associate board, to help support the CPLF...