March 1, 2008:
The photographs contained in this site represent over seven years of
work. I began with the city of Chicago–the city of
neighborhoods–and in that time photographed almost all of those
neighborhoods. From there, the project branched out into other
locations. At first, these places were cities and towns around
the Midwest. Then I explored farther away–to the northeast, the
south, the Plains and the west coast. Some of the larger places
photographed across the continental U.S. include: Boston, Philadelphia,
Cincinnati, Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, Atlanta, Tampa, Denver,
Kansas City, Saint Louis, Las Vegas, San Antonio, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco. Eventually, I ventured as far away as Hawaii, Madrid,
Tokyo, Paris and Hong Kong, Mexico City and Delhi.
In total, the work in Chicago amounts to over 10,500 photographs
(roughly 6700 in film and 3800 in digital). Around the U.S., the
database includes over 6,500 more photos (pretty evenly divided between
film and digital). And from six other cities around the world,
it includes over 2500 more photos (all digital, with the exception of
Paris, which was shot with color slide film). In total, this
database houses roughly 20,000 photographs.
During 2007, I took a much needed sabbatical from actively photographing in Chicago. But I'm back at it again now, on a more moderate pace than in the past. For this quarter, I have concentrated on the south side of the city, adding photos in Back of the Yards, Brighton Park, McKinley Park and West Town. To the Picturing World portion of the site, I have added photographs from Puerto Rico and Barcelona.
Finally, there is also a link on the right to a new website: Mystical-City.com. Here viewers may explore a variety of photo-based creations in different media and styles; an extension of this original documentary project into other realms. Interested parties may check out that site's FAQ to learn more.
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