“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.” -Georgia O’Keefe
thanks for looking!
First in color, then in black and white. Fancy.
One of the projects that the paper seems to keep coming back to each year is ‘Day in the Life’. The idea is that you send out your photographers all over one of the communities that they cover, make a lot of pictures and create a newspaper entirely of photos showing life in that area. The first one this year was Lake Forest, a city in the north suburbs of Chicago. I spent the day with a family, a local sexton at a cemetery, hung out in a barber shop and wandered into restaurants and shops. Random fantastic fun.
Today I finally got around to go and see local Evanston artist Robert Zatelli, also known as Evanston Bob. I’ve been wanting to start a project with him for awhile now and was happy to see him at a local coffee shop. Although Bob has been homeless for 6 years, he is one of the most positive people I have ever met. He spends his days working on abstract drawings and cards he then sells to people in the neighborhood and local stores. He hauls all of his belongings and art supplies around in a large suitcase on wheels.
“I wish you would have come a few days later,” he laughs, pointing at his beard. “I would have shaved.”
I can’t wait to spend a bit more time with him and actually see him work on his pieces.
I recently spent a week in Detroit scouting a possible film and making thousands of pictures which I just got through editing. On Friday, I just found out that I am going to be in a show with my film partner, Adam, featuring graffiti works from Detroit and Chicago. So I have been scrambling to get everything together but it looks like its going to be a really good time. I’ll post some of my Detroit images here after the show or if you want a sneak peak, you can look at some of the pictures here.
I had the pleasure of spending my afternoon at the Zen Community of Oak Park. After my assignment, a lei making class, I hung around a bit and the gang played me some traditional ukulele songs and danced around. Definitely one of those ‘I can’t believe this is my job’ moments. Woo!
I recently started a new project with the Chicago Force, an all women’s tackle football team here in the city. Last Saturday after work, I lugged my tired self to their first home game of the season at North Park University. They played an amazing game and crushed the Wisconsin Warriors. Spent half of my time shooting features, the other half video. Here are some of my favorite stills from the night.
