Flowers - Pool Opening

Thanks for the flowers mom.

Wright crew - Thank you!

Me and Evan!

Opening Reception - Chicago City Pools

Rio Crew Represent!

Special thanks to Steven Hudosh for making this kick-ass time-lapse.
Blogger cuts off this whole frame so here is a direct link to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skxuQ7UhFlA

Chicago City Pools

My solo exhibition of  Chicago City Pools opens in one week @ Wright Auction! Can't wait to show everyone the work!!

Wright
1440 W. Hubbard
Chicago, IL
5-8pm

Click here for the press release.
Click here for a link to the project.

Gage Park 83 years apart...

Gage Park, Chicago, 1928

Gage Park, Chicago 2010

Top 50 Pool Shots!

See the (working) final 50 here, on my flickr.

Decisions, Decisions

Which one of these loveliess to choose....?

Pulaski Pool 1

Pulaski Pool 2

Pulaski Pool 3

Pulaski Pool 4

Pulaski Pool 5

Working Top 5 Pools

Pulaski Park

Chase Park

Avalon Park

Davis Square, 2010

Douglas Park

This is not final by any means. To make such a small edit of this large body of work I struggled to hit the sweet-spot between intimate portraits and timeless architecture with a literal in-between, showing neither.

Humboldt Park

I removed this from the third position and replaced it with Avalon.

Overwhelmed

How will I edit....? So many pics

Pools Edit Begins

Glorious working from home. Now if only someone would pay me to do photography (on my terms). I have 112 proof sheets with 416 photos from the pool project. 

Pulaski Park Pool

From the rooftop.

Air Show

Above, California Park, 3843 N. California Ave.

Below, Hamlin Park, 3035 N. Hoyne Ave.

Back to Ada Park

Ada Park, where it all began... Now that I have photographed every pool on my list, I went back to Ada to get a self portrait.

Went back to Ada where it all started and got some better shots of the signs (da Park). I made it there for open swim. The water was deliciously cold. I met a young man (brent, 16) I whipped him in a swim race across the short end of the pool and later whipped him and and his friend to the rope. hahaha. He helped me take the above shots.

Armour Square

more here.

Douglas Park

more here.

Thanks, Thursday!

Thank you, Thursday!

I had a sweet photoshoot today with my good friend's kids (below).
Drove up north to Gompers Park, where the old black woman working the door let me into "family swim" because, "It's hotter than Hell today..." Took pics of a nice Latin Family with a baby, swam.


Hit two more pools, swam some more.



Picked up my framed Jason Lazarus print at Yoko's.

And now, Sultan's Market! Delicious, well-deserved treat. It's a pain in the ass getting there and parking because it is like 4:30 at the 6 corners. I throw on my flashers  and as I'm running up the street to the store a huge SUV (with rims!) turns the wrong way down the street. Stops and an undercover detective leans out the window, points at me:

Him: Get over here!
Me: (walks over, might be worth mentioning here that I am in a wet bikini and towel)
Him: (angry) You can't just make a U-turn WHEREVER YOU WANT! You CANNOT drive your car in reverse down a one way street, and I'm pretty sure YOU CAN'T PARK THERE!
Me: So....move my car? (thinking, Gosh, when you put it like that...)
Him: YES! Move your car. (stares at me)
Me: and...don't drive like a jerk?
Him: Yeah, (almost to himself) don't drive like a jerk.
OK, no Sultan's for me...
Him: (overheard as he tries to get out of his bad spot facing the wrong way on a one way street with a packed North Avenue behind him) Get out of my fucking way!

Hahahahaha, where does he think I learned to drive like that? Hello, watching cops!! It was like my audacity personally offended him(...only people like HIM can drive like THAT, and only in the name of justice!) And/or he was sort of in awe of my sweet git-r-done driving skills.

hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Feelin' lucky.

Went home and BBQ'd myself some ribs.

Hamilton Park

1215 E. 83rd St.




More on my flickr.

More South Side Pools

Avalon - 1215 E. 83rd St.

Grand Crossing - 7655 S Ingleside Ave


Russel Square - 3045 E 83rd St

More on my flickr.

Bessemer

8930 S. Muskegon Ave.



I got shut down here by a pimply faced life guard and two fat women, one white and one black. Exterior shots only.

Tuley

501 E. 90th


More pictures on my flickr.

Best quote from Tuley:
“damn, that lady tattoo on your back looks like lil wayne!”