Exploring the Lakefront

Connecting Art with Advocacy for the Great Lakes

Fine Art Photography

Explore the beauty of the Great Lakes region.

Great Lakes Sunrises

The Texture of Water

Nature in the Basin

Winter on the Lake

Great Lakes Advocacy

Learn about issues affecting the Great Lakes.

Plastic Pollution

Invasive Species

Beach Erosion

Other Threats

Connecting Art with Advocacy

My photographs capture the beauty of the Chicago lakefront, but they also represent a link between the ecology of the Great Lakes and our human dependency on the environment.

The perception is that our region possesses a seemingly endless abundance of water — but this misconception distracts from the fragility of this freshwater ecosystem and undermines its importance.

Using art as a pathway for discovery, I invite you to embrace the aesthetic joy I find while exploring the lakefront — and learn more about the natural world surrounding us.

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Great Lakes Advocacy
The Nature Blog
Fine Art Prints
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