Yazan: Jason | 29 July 2011 | No Comments
Categories: photography
Here’s a set of 75 photos from people who have snuck into the now long-abandoned (closed after Hurricane Katrina) Six Flags in New Orleans. Pretty nasty-looking (yet fascinating) place:
Yazan: Jason | 22 July 2011 | No Comments
Categories: photography, videos
Here’s a clip from ABC 7 Chicago about Xavier Nuez, an artist in Pilsen–an area of Chicago that I spend a lot of time in, and one with a fascinating history and mixture of cultures. I’ve visited this artist’s studio in the past:
Yazan: Jason | 15 June 2011 | No Comments
Categories: photography, travel
Though I’m writing this the last day of May, I’m assuming that I, in fact, have not died falling off of a mountain in Peru and am successfully back in the United States. I’m also assuming that I have absolutely zero time to blog at this moment, since I’m off on the morning of the [...]
Yazan: Jason | 02 February 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: photography
Wow! We’re getting walloped in a big way here in Chicago. It’s been 12 years since the last one like this. Luckily, all my gigs/work got cancelled and I got home just in time. I’ve been looking at abandoned cars on Lake Shore Drive and Hyde Park Boulevard all of last night and this morning. [...]
Yazan: Jason | 17 January 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: photography
One of my favorite local Chicago bloggers is John Greenfield, a bike advocate who also documents walks down the major thoroughfares of Chicago. His photo-laden montages of Chicago’s interesting streets (including Grand Avenue, Halsted Street, Belmont Avenue, 63rd Street, and many others) are fascinating reads and great glimpses into the multitude of local cultural enclaves. [...]