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Chicago Music Video Director
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The Making of Marcus Matteo’s Boomerang Music Video

As a Chicago music video director, I am always striving to hone my craft by using news tools and techniques. My latest music video...

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Chicago Fitness Model Matthew Cuff by photographer John Gress on a Gravity Backdrops
Fitness-photography , Portrait

Comp card photography for Chicago Fitness Model Matthew Cuff

The first time I worked with fitness model and personal trainer Matthew Cuff it was to help him develop his first comp card and...

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U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledges the crowd as he arrives to deliver his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/John Gress
Photojournalism

Obama’s Farewell Brings an End to an Era

After I moved to Chicago in 2003, I started covering a "skinny kid with a funny name." Now he really wasn't a kid at...

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Portrait photography of Katrina Jackson from VH1's Black Ink Crew Chicago
Celebrity , Headshots , Portrait

Celebrity Portrait photography with Black Ink Crew Chicago’s Katrina Jackson

When it come's to Instagram followers, aside from @BernieSanders, Katrina Jackson may be the biggest celebrity I have had the pleasure of photographing in...

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Chicago Sports Photographer photo ofchicago bulls denzel valentine poses for a portrait by LA photographer John Gress
Celebrity , Fitness-photography , Portrait

Basketball Portraits at Panini’s NBA Rookie Photoshoot

It was another star studded jam packed day photographing the top 40 NBA draft picks for Panini America at the New York Knicks training...

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redhead headshot by chicago portraait photographer
Headshots , Portrait

Chicago Beauty Photographer Headshots for Pivot Point

I love working with Pivot Point International because every photoshoot provides me with an opportunity to work with great people and photograph beautiful models...

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Chicago Sports Photographer portrait of Oakland Raiders Quarterback Connor Cook poses for a portrait by Chicago photographer John Gress
Celebrity , Portrait

Sports Portrait Photographer: Panini’s NFL Rookie Premier

For the second year in a row, Panini America hired me to photograph the NFLPA Rookie Premiere in Los Angeles. Each spring, following the...

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Chicago magazine photographer portrait of Gilberto Soberanis
Photojournalism , Portrait

Positively Aware Magazine photoshoot in Chicago: Latinos and HIV issue

Positively Aware magazine and Art director Rick Guasco asked me to create a series of portraits for their September+October 2016 issue focusing on Latinos...

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Portrait

St. Louis Magazine Photography: Jayne Watson’s Earns The Joe Dey Award

St. Louis Magazine Photography: Last week the USGA hired me to travel to Greenbriar Hills Country Club in Kirkwood Missouri and do an environmental...

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Chicago magazine photographer
Portrait

Chicago Magazine Photographer: Positively Aware’s Aging With HIV covershoot at Town Hall Apartments

Chicago Magazine Photographer: My photoshoot for Positively Aware Magazine's aging with HIV issue has been published. A group of seniors met us on location...

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Chicago Singer Headshots: I created a series of portraits for LA and Chicago singer Gabriel Ray to publicize his singles "Cater to You" & "Body Language."
Headshots , Portrait

Gabriel Ray with Chicago Singer Headshots Photographer

Chicago Singer Headshots: I created a series of portraits for LA and Chicago singer Gabriel Ray to publicize his singles "Cater to You" &...

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Chicago Black & White Music Video Director
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Black & White Music Video: Caleb Minter Gone Too Soon

Caleb Minter asked me to create a black & white music video for his single 'Gone Too Soon,' which is dedicated to his older...

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