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Throwback Photo Gallery: Football, Joliet Catholic vs. Mount Carmel, Aug. 26, 2007
11 Oct 2024

Throwback Photo Gallery: Football, Joliet Catholic vs. Mount Carmel, Aug. 26, 2007

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Flashback, Game Photo Galleries, High school sports | 0

Photos from the 2024 high school football game between Mount Carmel H.S. and Joliet Catholic Academy, on Aug. 26, 2007. Links to the story and past photo galleries too.

football, high school, Joliet Catholic, Mount Carmel H.S.
Never Before Seen Photos of Illinois High School Football, 1999
20 Sep 2024

Never Before Seen Photos of Illinois High School Football, 1999

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Flashback, Game Photo Galleries, High school sports | 0

Photos that have never been seen before since I took them in 1999. A few were published online, most sat in a negative film holder for 25 years, until I scanned them in this summer.

Providence, Mount Carmel, Joliet Catholic, and Geneseo all have multiple game galleries.

1999, film, football, high school, Illinois
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Ticket Line 1999
23 Aug 2024

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Ticket Line 1999

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Flashback | 0

The line of people camped out on the sidewalk for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace movie tickets, by McClug Court Theater in Chicago in May of 1999.

Star Wars
Timothy McVeigh’s Execution
16 Aug 2024

Timothy McVeigh’s Execution

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Behind the Photo, Flashback, Photojournalism | 0

Looking for a chance to capture history as a young photojournalist. I can say, covering the execution of Timothy McVeigh, was not a portfolio builder. But it was a moment in history.

execution, Timothy McVeigh
Christ The King Fire, Chicago, Oct. 7, 2015
6 Oct 2022

Christ The King Fire, Chicago, Oct. 7, 2015

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Chicago, Flashback, News, Photojournalism | 0

A look back on the fire at The Shrine of Christ the King in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood Oct. 7, 2015

Catholic, Chicago, Chicago Fire Department, Church, fire, The Shrine of Christ the King, Woodlawn
Favorite Sports Photos: “The Kick” Joliet Catholic vs. Morris 1999
28 Oct 2021

Favorite Sports Photos: “The Kick” Joliet Catholic vs. Morris 1999

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Behind the Photo, Flashback, High school sports, Photojournalism | 0

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.

favorite photos, field goal, football, high school, Hilltoppers, IHSA, Illinois, Joliet Catholic, Morris H.S., playoffs, Redskins
Family Photos From The Summer of 1918
23 Jul 2020

Family Photos From The Summer of 1918

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Flashback | 0

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.

1918, 4th of July, Covid-19, historical photos, Illinois, Joliet, Spanish flu, summer
Flashback: A Battle Of The Unvictorious
26 Apr 2020

Flashback: A Battle Of The Unvictorious

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Flashback, High school sports, Photojournalism | 3

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.

Biggsville H.S., fog, football, Galva H.S., high school, Lincoln Trail Conference, Union, Wildcats, winless, Yankees
Best of Photojournalism: 2011
29 Dec 2019

Best of Photojournalism: 2011

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Flashback, Photojournalism | 0

As I go through the archive of images I have, number one I’m grateful for the digital age. Besides making getting images to the publications I shoot for easier (not to mention no longer having to drive to office after … Continued

best of, Chicago, comunity, journlaism, newspaper, parade, photojournalism, Pioneer Press, sports, suburbs, Sun-Times
Best of Photojournalism: 2010
29 Dec 2019

Best of Photojournalism: 2010

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Flashback, Photojournalism | 0

As the decade comes to a close I wanted to do a look back on my favorite photojournalism images I’ve taken from the past 10 years. Considering I wasn’t doing as much freelance work in the 2000s (the first 10 … Continued

2010, best of, feature story, photojournalism, sports

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