I live in Chicago and was born and raised here. The artist I most admire is Anton Chekhov. He did not take photographs.

Here's a group I administer, which focuses on high quality photographs of ordinary things and people: the democratic eye

Instagram (just a selection of what I post here but hey): the lonely metropolis

"Clarity isn't what photography is about." --Daido Moriyama

"The photographic series . . . is the logical culmination of photography." --Lazslo Moholy-Nagy

"Baby take off your beret / everyone's a critic / and most people are DJs." --The Hold Steady