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Since the day I picked up a camera, it's been my mission to share the world through my lens. Since the day I picked up my first camera, photography quickly became a passion of mine that would never go away. There was something about the idea of being able to capture the world around me through the lens of a camera and sharing my work with others that

pulled me in quickly. Whether it's the hustle and bustle of the people in Chicago or the changing of the seasons, the breathtaking cityscape, the beauty of nature, and so much more, there's really nothing you can't capture in a photo. From the equipment I use to the company that prints my photos, every detail in my process has been perfected so you can shop with confidence knowing I stand behind every order. Feel free to look around and welcome to my virtual gallery. I truly hope you enjoy my work.

09/07/2026

Three pieces of Loop public art, three different decades. Picasso's untitled sculpture in Daley Plaza, unveiled in 1967 with no explanation of what it depicts. Calder's Flamingo in Federal Plaza, unveiled in 1974 with Calder arriving on a circus wagon pulled by 40 horses. And the Chicago Theatre's vertical sign on State Street, first lit in 1921 and still one of the few original exposed lamp signs in the country.

All shot in black and white, all within a few blocks of each other.

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Union Station's Great Hall skylight was blacked out during World War II so it would not stand out as a target for enemy ...
09/04/2026

Union Station's Great Hall skylight was blacked out during World War II so it would not stand out as a target for enemy aircraft from above. It stayed painted over for decades until the black paint was finally removed in 1991, and a later restoration replaced it entirely with 858 new glass panes that let in about 50 percent more natural light than the original ever did.

This photograph was taken from the balcony overlooking that hall, and it was just recognized in the Best of the Week gallery on The Universe of Colour Photography, an international platform for color photography.

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Did you know Chicago once threw a circus parade to unveil a sculpture.On October 25, 1974, Alexander Calder's Flamingo w...
09/02/2026

Did you know Chicago once threw a circus parade to unveil a sculpture.

On October 25, 1974, Alexander Calder's Flamingo was presented to the public in Federal Plaza, and the city marked the occasion as Alexander Calder Day, complete with a circus parade through the Loop. It was the first artwork ever commissioned under the GSA's Percent for Art program, a policy that still shapes how federal buildings across the country incorporate public art.

We photographed it early, before the plaza filled with commuters, and chose black and white to let the shapes carry the image. Mies van der Rohe's severe, gridded architecture surrounds the sculpture on every side, and the arch of steel rises through it almost weightless by comparison. That tension between rigid and organic is what makes this corner of the Loop worth stopping for, even on your way to work.

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The most famous insult in Chicago architecture was aimed at this.In February 1882, Oscar Wilde was lecturing in Chicago ...
08/31/2026

The most famous insult in Chicago architecture was aimed at this.

In February 1882, Oscar Wilde was lecturing in Chicago on the decorative arts and took aim at the Water Tower, calling it a castellated monstrosity with pepper boxes stuck all over it. The pepper boxes are the crenellated corner turrets, and this is one of them.

William Boyington completed the tower in 1869 in yellow Joliet limestone, standing 154 feet tall. When the Great Chicago Fire swept through in 1871, it destroyed nearly everything in its path. The Water Tower survived, and it has stood on that corner of Michigan Avenue ever since, now surrounded by skyscrapers that make it look like a scale model of itself.

This was shot in black and white under overcast light. Direct sun would have washed out the surface, but the diffused sky lets the rough-faced stone hold every chisel mark, and the soft gradient behind the turret leaves nothing competing for attention.

It is a landmark almost everyone in this city has walked past. Most have never looked up at the corners.

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Most people cross the Wells Street Bridge every day and never think twice about it. Here is why they should.Opened in 19...
08/28/2026

Most people cross the Wells Street Bridge every day and never think twice about it. Here is why they should.

Opened in 1922, it is a double deck trunnion bascule bridge, one of only two in Chicago that carry L trains on the upper level while cars and pedestrians move below. The whole structure was built to replace an old swing bridge without ever shutting down the crossing, and the city's chief bridge engineer at the time called it one of the best things he ever designed.

This shot was made from Franklin Street, across the river, timed to catch a Brown Line train rolling over the top just as the light and the ironwork lined up.

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Every DDOD Photos print starts with a moment I could not have planned if I tried.This is the Watchman, the peak that sta...
08/26/2026

Every DDOD Photos print starts with a moment I could not have planned if I tried.

This is the Watchman, the peak that stands guard over the south entrance of Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah. I photographed it in April 2025, the evening before I began a photography workshop with my mentor Serge Ramelli. A neighbor who lives in Springdale offered to show me around before the workshop started, and around 7 pm, with no plan and no tripod set up, the entire face of the mountain lit up gold against a darkening violet sky.

Most photos of Zion's landmarks are taken from the same handful of spots inside the canyon. This one is different, shot from the town side, looking at a face of the mountain fewer visitors ever stop to notice.

As an Optometrist turned photographer, I have learned that clarity is not just what we see. It is what we feel. This print is available now as a large format canvas, metal, or acrylic piece for your wall.

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Some buildings are pretty. This one was built to solve a problem.By the early 1900s, Wabash Avenue was Chicago's jewelry...
08/24/2026

Some buildings are pretty. This one was built to solve a problem.

By the early 1900s, Wabash Avenue was Chicago's jewelry district, dealers carrying valuable inventory through the Loop every day. In 1927, the Jewelers Building rose at Wacker and Wabash as the industry's answer, a 40-story tower with secure parking through the 22nd floor and an elevator strong enough to lift an armored car to a jeweler's office. It was briefly the tallest building outside New York City. The six-ton clock on its corner was a gift from the Elgin Watch Company.

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Most people cross this bridge every day without knowing the story above them.In 1960, architect Bertrand Goldberg broke ...
08/24/2026

Most people cross this bridge every day without knowing the story above them.

In 1960, architect Bertrand Goldberg broke ground on Marina City, a bold departure from the glass and steel boxes going up everywhere else downtown. He wanted something organic and round, a self contained city with apartments, parking, and a working marina built right into the base of the building, which is exactly where the name comes from.

When it was finished, the two towers were the tallest residential buildings in the world and the tallest reinforced concrete structures ever built. Chicagoans nicknamed them the corncob towers for their scalloped, petal shaped balconies, and the name never went away.

This shot was taken from the Wabash Avenue Bridge, with the historic ironwork lamppost anchoring the foreground and the Chicago River holding that deep green color it gets on the right afternoon. Sixty five years after Goldberg's experiment in circular architecture, it still stops people mid stride.

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A different side of a structure we've photographed before. This shot of the Nature Boardwalk pavilion was taken years af...
08/20/2026

A different side of a structure we've photographed before. This shot of the Nature Boardwalk pavilion was taken years after our first pass at this location, on a warm, busy Saturday afternoon.
Getting a clear frame took patience, the space stays popular with families and dog walkers on a nice day, but the wait paid off. The light that afternoon was bright and full, with real texture in the clouds behind the arch, a completely different feel from the moodier version we'd captured on an earlier visit.
We love when a familiar subject still has something new to show us. See more of our Chicago work at ddodphotos.com.

Twenty years on the ground floor of Chicago's Rookery, and it still took climbing up to the mezzanine to get this shot.O...
08/19/2026

Twenty years on the ground floor of Chicago's Rookery, and it still took climbing up to the mezzanine to get this shot.

Our optometry practice occupied the back of the Rookery's light court at ground level, right around the base of the Grand Staircase. This photograph was taken from the mezzanine above, level with the pendant lights Frank Lloyd Wright designed when he remodeled the atrium in 1905. Built in 1888 by Burnham and Root, the Rookery's light court remains one of the few places downtown where you can walk right up to a Wright interior without a ticket or a guide.

This oriel staircase rises from the light court up to that mezzanine level, where Root's original 1888 ironwork meets Wright's later, more disciplined detailing. After twenty years in this building, we finally captured the view from up where Wright's own lights hang.

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