2025 10 30

Famous thing in Chicago, Illinois. July, 2025. © Clayton Hauck

It’s kind of interesting that, being a Chicagoan all of my life, I almost never make images in the popular tourist places in my own town. This scene, had I stumbled upon it in another place I was less familiar with, would immediately become a photogrpahy obsession. Here, however, it’s mostly something to avoid. Maybe I should better embrace these places? If I get into the “Chicago Project” I have brewing in my brain, it will definitely be worth revisiting.

-Clayton