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Chicago’s Cloud Gate “The Bean” over the years
Chicago's Cloud Gate, aka The Bean, in Millennium Park turns 20 (or 18 depending on who you talk to.) Here's ...
Gym Travels Two Weeks Into 2024
Book Update First, before I start I want to answer the one question that gets asked the most, "When is ...
The Arty Photos, From Illinois’ Best High School Gyms Book
It's already hard enough to squeeze photos of over 100 of the state's most interesting gyms into one book and ...
Postcards From IHSA Football State Finals 2023
On the sidelines and baselines of high school sports I see a ton of photographers & video makers. Most are ...
IHSA Football State Finals Biggest Fan Section 2023
Nazareth Academy's Jaden Fauske (3) climbs up into the stands after beating Joliet Catholic in the Class 5A state championship ...
Chicago Hounds Rugby; Photo Outtakes
VINCENT D. JOHNSON - For Shaw MediaChicago Hounds Rugby, at Seat Geek Stadium in Bridgeview, on Sunday April 23, 2023 ...
I Mean, I Guess People Are Leaving Chicago?
when those of you who don't live in the city, start telling me how it's dying and nobody wants to ...
Concert Photography Does Not Make You A Good Photographer
If you see a photographer's portfolio and are blown away from all the great concert photos they have, take this ...
Best HS Gyms: Back To Where It Started
A girls basketball game between the Lions of Lyons Township and the Huskies of Oak Park-River Forest, at OPRF on ...
Best Gyms: The Amazing Drapes of Chicago Public League Gyms
Chicago Public High Schools have some amazing gyms and sometimes oddly impressive drapes in those gyms ...
A Chicago Catholic League Two-fer
Mount Carmel High School's Alumni Gym is the best spot for a throwback-basketball game in Chicagoland. The reason I stared ...
Best of Photojournalism: 2021
NOTE: You're not seeing the date wrong. Turns out I never posted this back in January of 2022, so I ...
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