Pivot Photography

09/24/2026

Practicing multiple exposures, in-camera and otherwise ..

09/15/2026

I was lucky today …

08/22/2026

Optimism …

07/03/2026

I’m very happy to have a photo in this show. Come see!

Opening today at noon with a p***c reception on July 11th from 5 to 7 p.m., Perspective Gallery's ninth annual Vicinity exhibition, featuring Chicago-area photographic artists, borrows its title from Marvin Gaye’s enduring question and call for compassion. “What’s Going On,” approaches photography as a form of witness, returning again and again to human figures, says juror Jan Tichy: “The very people Gaye calls upon us to see, hear, and care for. Questions of identity, labor, race, migration, ecology, intimacy, violence, memory, and belonging unfold through an overwhelming presence of portraiture.” ⁠
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Taken together, “The images in this show move between grief and tenderness, alienation and empathy, critique and care,” says Tichy, a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the departments of Photography and Art & Technology/Sound Practices. "At a moment when public discourse is increasingly fragmented, the artists in this show insist on sustained looking—not to resolve complexity, but to remain present within it. What emerges is a portrait not only of individuals, but of Chicagoland itself—a region shaped by layered histories of movement, segregation, protest, reinvention, and survival.” ⁠
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Do come in to view the extraordinary work of Robin Bailey, Ronit Bazelel, Spiro Bolos, Drew Endicott, Nick Faitage, Shari Fellows, Zhenye Feng, Marcus Giolas, Jaeden Hannus, Yilin Jin, Hillary Johnson, Lauren Johnston, Jude Kharchou, Kurt Kramer, Wendy Love, Stephen Marc, Scott Mcintosh, David Obermeyer, Phillip Parker-Turner, Carolyn Potts, Berkley Reddick, Brent Showalter, Jack Siegel, Elizabeth Sisson-Freeman, Stafford Smith, Frank Styburski, Joyce Symoniak, Jayla Trenyce, Beatrice Turner, and Becki Utigard.⁠
Photo: Boots on the Ground, by Nick Faitage

06/29/2026

People watching in Toronto

06/19/2026

This show opened last night and will be up for three months .. go for coffee or lunch if you’re near Highland Park … 20% of proceeds go to Curt’s Cafe, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the lives of young adults through hands-on training and employment opportunities in a supportive cafe environment.

05/27/2026

More from the home of the baby geese ..

05/25/2026

Memorial Day 2026 .. remembering those who died for our freedom

05/17/2026

Saw some herons today at West Ridge Nature Preserve — a Green Heron and a Black-Crowned Night Heron. Nice day for it!