The opening ceremony for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s 50th anniversary celebration. The most surreal event I’ve ever photographed would have to be the 50th anniversary celebration for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. It was a complete sensory overload in the best way possible — there was dancing, music, public performances, and gallery
Frank Abagnale Jr. speaking at an event with RISMedia at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Toward the end of 2017, I photographed an event for RISMedia with Frank Abagnale Jr. as the guest speaker. As someone who is familiar with the background of his life, it was a wonderful opportunity to photograph him. As
Participants in the 2017 Ride for Aids Chicago wave to the camera. A joyous embrace at the end of a long, 200-mile journey. In July I photographed a two-day event that I will never forget. It was hot, exhausting, and a completely worthwhile adventure. TPAN, the Testing Positive Aware Network, reached out to me about
Mark doing a jump-kick. This is Mark. He’s recently started performing with fire and wanted to have a few photos taken of him with his art. Fire, on a Chicago rooftop, in the summer. How could I say no? It was a lot of fun and I forgot how much I enjoy the Chicago Full
Chicago at sunset abroad Chicago’s First Lady. Earlier this summer I shot my first event for the Chicago Architecture Foundation — a sunset river cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady. It was a unique experience and a lot of fun!
An overview of the crowd. The American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) held their National Annual General Meeting (NAGM 2016) at the Marriott Hotel earlier this year. I was there to help document the attendees and the election process for their new president and board of directors. It’s hard to summarize two long days of work,
Each volunteer selected a piece of paper which contained their corresponding task. Earlier this summer I helped document some of the volunteer work happening at Beasley Elementary. As part of the Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon, CDK Global and their employees helped with painting projects around the school.
This is Abigail in her workspace! She’s the creator of all these paper objects. She creates cards. And geometric boxes. And joyful banners. And other awesome boxes like houses and barns. Abigail McMurray is the creator of yeiou {paper objects}. Besides that, she’s a close friend and an amazing person. When I was in Boston
A few weeks ago I shot the performance photographs for This is Modern Art at Steppenwolf Theatre Company here in Chicago. I worked with Steppenwolf for Young Adults to capture the performance of their new show written by Idris Goodwin and Kevin Coval, and directed by Lisa Portes. You can find out a little more
Here are a few more updated interior photographs of the vintage toy store Toy de Jour that I took at the beginning of November. Every time I visit the store, the inventory and layout changes rapidly, but it generally looks something like this. If you’ve not had a chance to visit the store, I hope