Photos, videos, & stories by Vincent D. Johnson
If you see a photographer’s portfolio and are blown away from all the great concert photos they have, take this into consideration.
Somebody sets up tens-of-thousands of dollars worth of lighting equipment for them
Oak Park inspired Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and now me. On the afternoon of January 7th of 2012, I was getting ready to photograph a varsity girls basketball game for the Oak Leaves newspaper, in what would be my … Continued
Chicago Public High Schools have some amazing gyms and sometimes oddly impressive drapes in those gyms.
The reason I stared going around the state looking for some of the best high school gyms, had almost nothing to do with the construction of new state-of-the-art athletic facilities, but more to do with the passing of awkward, antiquated, … Continued
NOTE: You’re not seeing the date wrong. Turns out I never posted this back in January of 2022, so I figured Dec. of 2022 would be fitting. 2021 a year in 4 months For reasons I think few people would … Continued
Small town civic center. Independent Wrestling Organization. Wife Wanted to go. How could I say no?
A look back on the fire at The Shrine of Christ the King in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood Oct. 7, 2015
Unless you are in the 70-years old plus range you too have probably never seen or heard a Latin Mass…
Tonight I photographed a group of football players from DuSable High School in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. You may have heard of them. Recently the team, along with Fenger High, was featured on every TV news cast in Chicago, and surprise … Continued
The 3 biggest female centered high school football stories I’ve covered