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