THE BODY 20 X 20 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 I am ever fascinated by the human form. Specifically, the way shadow and light play against our natural structures.	ANDERSONVILLE GUY 20 X 20 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 Walking through Andersonville, Chicago. This gentleman was simply sitting, as he is in the picture. Sad and beautiful all at once. I asked if I could take his picture. He said “sure”. I shot it, gave him 5 bucks and thanked him for allowing me to be an asshole. He replied “Not at all. God Bless you.” God bless you too, Andersonville Guy.	THE NIGHT WE ELECTED HIM 20 X 20 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 The Election of Barack Obama | November 4, 2010 - Grant Park, Chicago. Verbal and physical exultation was all around me that night. But this simple image spans the centuries between the Middle Passage, the Underground Railroad, and the Civil Rights Movement, to the Multi-Cultural Behemoth that elected this nation's first  African American president.	ALEXANDRA 20 X 20 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 I met Alexandra at one of my favorite haunts, Corosh - lower Wicker Park, Chicago. I could see the very top of this amazing tattoo. Naturally, I had to see more! That's all I'm sayin'.	WET THING #1 20 X 20 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 This is the start of my current preoccupation with water. Even the most benign interaction with it, like washing our hands, can create beautifully intricate ripples which may go unnoticed... forever.

TONYA & SOTO 15.5 X 11.5 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 Sneaker Pimps Exhibit | Summer 2004 Humboldt Park, Chicago Artists Tonya Patton and Martin Soto share a sublime moment.	HARLEM CHURCH 15.5 X 11.5 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 Outdoor church services in Harlem, NY. This gentleman had been sleeping on the ground near the curb, then jumped up and began to dance ala Bill Cosby style.	BIG RAP! 15.5 X 11.5 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 Meat packing district, Chicago 2004. Kevin Brinson, aka Big Rap... and a look that could kill.	ARTHUR MITCHELL 15.5 X 11.5 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 Founder and Artistic Director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Arthur Mitchell. Harlem, NY - Summer 2006.

CHURCH FOLK 15.5 X 11.5 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 New Heritage Cathedral | Englewood, Chicago | Fall, 2003	PASSIVE INVITE 15.5 X 11.5 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 I shot this while my subject waited for me to finish setting up my lights. This is completely unstaged, and my favorite photo from that session.	P. DIDDY'S NEW YORK 15.5 X 11.5 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 There is no denying that at this  particular moment in time, P. Diddy owned New York. Manhattan | Summer, 2006.	WET THING #2 15.5 X 11.5 ARCHIVE PRINT Total Prints: 25 The continuation of my experiments with water.
All images © Preston Thomas.