Stories to tell

Calder One

“That others grasp what I have in mind seems unessential, at least as long as they have something else in theirs.” That’s what Alexander Calder once said about his work. Translated into modern s...

333 West Wacker

333 West Wacker Drive. Just an address. No name. Here is the problem: pretty much every skyscraper in Chicago has a name. Take Sears (or Willis) Tower, Aqua, Prudential, Wrigley, Marina City. A bu...

100 West Randolph

This building will be sold and most likely it will be demolished. That’s a word on a street.100 West Randolph. James R. Thompson Center or State of Illinois Center.It all comes down to proper insu...

The Bean

Here is the story of how a visit to a dentist had changed Chicago forever.The local legend says that Mayor Richard M. Daley (Daley da Second) was at the dentist office in a building on Michigan Av...

Chicago Matrix

“Usually the subject matter of the image is not the subject of the work” – Roni Horn, contemporary American visual artist. Yes, it is the Prudential Building with a matrix of windows. It reflect...

75 East Wacker Drive

  75 East Wacker Drive. The Mather Tower. Gothic terracotta squeezed between two modern glass and metal facades of London House at 85 East Wacker and Wyndham Grand at 71 East Wacker.Mather Tower i...

Chicago Tribune

“It’s sad but I am getting paid to have this sign removed, he said looking at my print.”That was an interesting way to start a conversation. We were in my booth at the art festival in Chicago. Iro...

Aqua Reflections

Jeanne Gang reflection in Jim Goettsch’s mirror. Two gods in architecture. One mystery for us mortals to solve.For those who haven’t been initiated this is a reflection of the Aqua Tower designed ...

Chicago Style

This is not a single shot. This is 160 images stitched together. Imagine a grid: 10 rows and 16 columns. Each cell in this grid is a separate shot which overlaps a bit with its neighbors. It’s cal...

Marina City

“Oh, that parking garage in Chicago! Steve McQueen! What was that movie? He drove there all around and then jumped in his car into the river!⁠”I have been showing this print in my booth at the art...