My Kind of Town. A view down State Street. This photo will be included in my upcoming book, Against Doctor’s Orders #Chicago#documentaryphotography#streetphotography
Author: C. Jines
Internationally published social documentary photographer and author.
How do you choose a photo documentary project?
I was asked by a youtube subscriber if I would speak a little bit about how I choose a documentary project.
A new photo documentary project
This morning, I wrote a draft for a proposal to do a new photo documentary project. The cover page has the title of the project, name of the potential subject, and then my name with credentials. Inside contains an outline…
Sins yet to come
Why do you torment me where even in my sleep I find no relief? You pull on my soul like a phantom force. You drag me to places I want not to go. You tempt me to do things I…
Faceless city
Beneath the faceless city where the fallen angel’s roam, lurking in dank corners, nameless junkies learn to call the darkness home.
Black man, white man, dog man
The death of Gypsy has really focused me on my true work. Only you can leave your story. Nobody else can tell it. Once you’ve gone, you’re gone.
Far, far away…
Were you not loved as a child? Who withheld their tender touch from your newly born skin? Who scowled at your arrival? Were you not tossed into this abyss of madness we call mankind, naked, cold, and alone? Was I…
Addiction is
Addiction is seductive, cunning, cool, inviting, compromising, humble, always, forever, exhausting. I did not ask for the soul of a junkie. You condemn me for things I do not control.