Everyone has an opinion about border immigration, fewer people have a clear grasp of the facts, and even fewer have the up-close and personal experience to speak from. This Saturday, November 10th at 5 p.m. at the First United Methodist… Continue Reading
After many years on the street in Chicago as a photojournalist, one of the concerns that I heard consistently in underserved communities was the need not just for good jobs, but for opportunities for those getting out of jail. It… Continue Reading
More often than not when creating an image library for a corporation or organization, I am called upon to create portraits or headshots. It’s logical, since the library is often part of a more ambitious overhaul of a website… Continue Reading
The “Hang Time with Sam Alipour” show on ESPN is always a fun segment as Sam hangs out with a superstar athlete trying something they always wanted to do. In this case, ESPN “Hang Indy 500 race champion Josef Newgarden… Continue Reading
Tennis instructor Kamau Murray, who coached Sloane Stephens to victory at the US Open, is set to create a powerhouse for young African-American tennis players with a new facility on the south side of Chicago. The $16.9 million tennis village… Continue Reading
As some of you who have heard me speak or write on the topic, as a visual storyteller I have always been interested in archetypes – universally transcendent types of people Carl Jung believes are found in our collective unconscious.… Continue Reading
I’m thrilled to announce that through the School of Visuals Arts and Kadenze online arts and technology courses, I’m co-teaching a program called Photographer to Video in Today’s Gig Economy. It’s for all those photographers who need focused and cohesive… Continue Reading
People who know my background know that I bleed purple for Northwestern University. I studied there as an undergraduate and got my start in photography at the yearbook, Syllabus, and the Daily Northwestern newspaper. I taught photojournalism to master’s degree… Continue Reading
Keeping visible during a TEDx event presentation in Chicago. _____________________________________________ “I’ve been working in this town for 30 years and I’ve never heard of you”, the head of production at a Chicago ad agency said, impressed by my work but… Continue Reading
This past week I was a judge for the Pictures of the Year International contest at the University of Missouri, where we sat in a room for 12 hours a day, for four days, viewing over 18,000 images from thousands of photographers… Continue Reading