If you have seen my some of my recent posts then you will no doubt recognize that this is the main sanctuary at City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. This hall has three balconies: two side balconies and one long […]

Last night was the first of 4 beginners workshops that I am teaching this summer on night photography in Chicago. The workshops begin an hour before sunset and last about 5 hours. In last night’s group we were able to spend […]

I thought I would add a follow-up to yesterday’s post on City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. It is really hard to describe just how amazing this place is. The giant columns in the main sanctuary are not the only […]

I spent about 3 hours down in Gary, IN yesterday at the famous and historic City Methodist Church. City Methodist was built in the 1920s in a then growing city. US Steel donated almost $400,000 for the construction, part of […]

NB: Be sure to click the picture above to view it in the Lightbox. So last year during Spring Break I made my way down from Chicago to Costa Rica for a week free of winter snow and full of […]

I went down to Brighton last summer with a group of friends for a relaxing, hot beach day. The ideal summer day at Brighton involves drinking cool pitchers of Pimm’s, wading out into the water, and eating greasy food at […]

While driving or walking around Kolkata you will quickly notice the mass collection of criss-crossing wires and cables that get tangled up from building to building. At first it is just shocking and you think surely someone will get electrocuted […]

This place was amazing. I stepped into the room and immediately felt a sense of unease. The water was dripping all around and in many places appeared a few inches deep. But what made the place feel particularly treacherous was […]

The weekend before last I made my annual pilgrimage to the Chicago Printer’s Row Book Fair. I love wandering among the more than 100 stalls of sellers and writers and publishers and their mountains of books. I certainly do not need any […]

…With No One Sitting There. I was very fortunate to get to go down to Gary, Indiana with my friend Chris Nitz a few months ago and do a bit of urban exploring in an old abandoned hospital. The place […]