Photos, videos, & stories by Vincent D. Johnson
Mount Carmel and Thornwood’s 1st Round Playoff Game Started With A Splat! In 25 years of photographing high school football, this first round playoff game might have been the wettest I’ve ever seen! Mount Carmel was the away team, but … Continued
it feels like this game is still being played and in just seconds you’ll hear the roar of the crowd, but you don’t know from which side that roar will come from.
While 2020 and Covid had made empty stadiums common place, the reason there were no fans allowed at the Simeon vs Phillips game was for a more immediate safety concern.
In the years since I shot these photos of That Bridge, I haven’t been back to photograph it that much since. However at the beginning of 2021 I wrote a script and started doing filming for a movie about Joliet’s … Continued
The top image of the little girl with the basket picking dandelions, still warms my heart to this day.
One of my greatest joys is sharing my photographic talents with friends and family. I think so many people associate photography of themselves as one of two ends. It’s either professional portraits or regular snap shots and selfies. So, when … Continued
I took a photo from the top of the bleachers, little did I know it would be my last assignment for 171 days.
During our current worldwide pandemic I took a look back at photo album from my family’s archive and got a look at what one part of the country looked like before the second wave of the Spanish Flu took hold. It looked normal.
The Blue Angels flight team flew over the city of Chicago and a few surrounding suburbs, specifically over hospitals, to show support for the healthcare professionals. Luckily that flight path was right over the top of my house so with … Continued
As if the specter of a winless season wasn’t enough, a dreary fog set a somber mood in as two football teams took the field for their last chance at winning.