I wasn’t born in the city, but I was born for the city. As a recently retired Graphic Designer, a chance encounter with a 70-year-old manual film camera “clicked” in more ways than one. It reawakened my love of photography and sparked an idea.
I returned to Chicago full time in 2018 with an idea to chronicle Chicago’s streets; a daily visual diary of 10 photos every day, 365 days a year. So began my daily diary; a kaleidoscope of people in all their love and loneliness, purpose and hopelessness, infancy and old age, set against the architecture and history that is Chicago. I published my first book, “ChicagoDAILY” in June of 2023. The book is a continuation of my Daily Diary, featuring one photo for every day of 2022.
My work has been recognized in 1X.com, who have published over a hundred and twenty-five of my photos. I’ve received 16 Leica Photo International (LFI) awards. I have been interviewed and featured in Noir Club of Black and White Photography Magazine and twice in Inspired Eye Magazine. I was 2022 Photographer of the Year in Noir Club of Black and White Photography and The Universe of Colour Photography websites.
