This past July, we put out a call for entries for our Undiscovered Chicago photo contest. Hundreds of entries poured in, and we found our winner in Art Fox, a 63-year-old West Loop resident. His entry appears in our 40th anniversary special issue, but we also wanted to feature nine other finalists whose shots captured Chicago in unique and beautiful ways. Check them out in the pages below.

WINNER: ART FOX, 63, West Loop resident Nikon D70S
2:50 p.m., behind the Chicago Theatre from an alley off Randolph Street
“This view is there for anyone to see, but people who are in a hurry to get somewhere probably don’t look down the alley.”

Photograph: Art Fox

BETH NAVARRO, 33
A statue behind Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park home

Photograph: Beth Navarro

COLLEEN MCCARTHY, 26
Socio-political graffiti in the Pilsen neighborhood

Photograph: Colleen McCarthy

DEBBIE WALKER, 55
Santa’s Express in December 2009

Photograph: Debbie Walker

HOWIE KANTOFF, 42
A breakroom on the grounds of the former ACME Steel Coke plant, near Torrence Avenue and 126th Street

Photograph: Howie Kantoff

JEFFREY OUDSEMA

Photograph: Jeffrey Oudsema

KEN RATHKE, 44

Photograph: Ken Rathke

MATTHEW SALLEE, 29
A popular intersection in Wicker Park, just after dusk

Photograph: Matthew Sallee

RACHEL WOLFE, 25
Hilton Suites Chicago/Magnificent Mile

Photograph: Rachel Wolfe

TOM BARRAT, 66
Aerial view of fresh tracks in the snow in a neighborhood parking lot

Photograph: Tom Barrat