Photos, videos, & stories by Vincent D. Johnson
Photos available from the 2024 Class 4A Sectional Semi-final basketball game, Sandburg vs Lincoln-Way East, with options for multiple downloads. Visit Vincent D. Johnson’s site for content.
Collection of photos from Glenwood vs. Taylorville 2024 IHSA 3A Regional Final,
Photos available from the 2024 Illinois high school girls’ basketball semi-final, Vernon Hills vs. Antioch, on Feb. 13th. Extras can be downloaded, and check out historical jerseys at the Uni-Watch page.
Photos available from the Bremen vs. Eisenhower Illinois high school girls basketball game on Feb 6, 2024. Contact Vincent D. Johnson for purchases.
It’s already hard enough to squeeze photos of over 100 of the state’s most interesting gyms into one book and give them the space they need. That means somewhere along the way some of my favorite stand alone photos will … Continued
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
From 820, down to 150 Gyms. Here are some of the finalists and what it might make take to make it into the book. There are over 800 high schools in the state of Illinois and with every school year … Continued
What do 3 basketball gyms & a church have in common? A unique look from the 1950s & 60s.