When life is big, bright, and popping with color all around, you’ve just turned onto Medium Street. There is nothing small-format about some events. They beg for the level of immediacy and rich detail that medium format street photography provides.
Chicago´s summer festivals are big, but Chicago Pride is big, beautiful, joyful and accepting. It´s an event that says “We´re here! There´s joy in being here!”. What an amazing place for street photographers! You are walking inside a rainbow kaleidoscope of color, costumes, dress, undress and people free to be who they are. There is acceptance all around, even extending to a small photographer with a big camera.
Medium format street photography honors that acceptance. It’s all out there. Are you big enough to capture it? Can you honor the LGBTQIA+ community with photos that are big enough to show viewers what they feel? To share their humanity in those photos?
Not everyone comes to accept parts of Medium Street. But immediate, immersive street photography is the holy grail of the street photographer. Medium format brings out stronger reactions, most positive, some less so. But everyone is engaged, and that´s important, because it´s only with engagement comes discussion, and understanding becomes a possibility, now or down the road on Medium Street.
Short Stories on Medium Street
Walk and watch. There are small plays all around you on Medium Street, if you learn to see like a street photographer.
Dark Shadows on Medium Street
What better holiday than Halloween to discuss dark photography. An evening dining al fresco. A rainy night stroll. A walk down a
Walking With Vivian
What is street photography? Depends on who you ask! It’s a metaphor, it’s a memory, it’s a frozen moment, it’s a document
Old Friends and a New Lens on Medium Street
Sweaters? Dark mornings? How did that happen!? Chicago is grudgingly surrendering its idyllic 2024 Summer. As the smell of pumpkin spice crowds
Just Breathe On Medium Street
Electric fusion of Mexican Latino rhythms, tacos, tiny magical alebrije dogs and frogs, carved from wood and whimsically painted. Families in flag
Artistic Skinship on Medium Street
Twice a year Chicago hosts the largest “Call to Arms” in the country. The Villain Arts Chicago Tattoo Festival fills a cavernous
Dog Days of Summer
Dogs, dogs, dogs. You meet many interesting people during photo walks and dogs are some of the most interesting “people” that you
A Multi-Cultural Medium
Chicago is a tapestry of cultures and every summer they celebrate in the street. Every weekend, festivals honor neighborhoods, foods, authentic dress,
The Museum Is the Medium
Street photography belongs in the museum, and not just in frames, hung on the walls. Museums are temples of art, color, geometry
The Big Medium
When life is big, bright, and popping with color all around, you’ve just turned onto Medium Street. There is nothing small-format about
