My intention with all of my posted photos is to depict real people at work. Instead of showing models posing and pretending, I'm showing people who actually have a connection to me while they're at work. In these 2 photos, the pharmacist in the white coat is my dad, Matthew Krugel. The person to my [...]

Again, real people doing real work. These photos are of my grandparents, Louis and Betty Wishnick at their grocery store at 3638 W. Wrightwood in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood around 1953/54.  My grandfather was from Mlawa, Poland, and my grandmother was from Russia, near Minsk. Both met in Chicago. To view larger images of the [...]

Here's a photo of 2 men at work circa 1950 taken in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. The man on the left is my grandfather Louis (Louie) Wishnick. The man on his right is an Oscar Mayer promotional person. The photo was taken at my grandfather's grocery store at 3638 W. Wrightwood. This was 1 of [...]

Chuck Krugel Downtown Chicago 8/4/05

A pet peeve of mine are the generic photos of people at work that a lot of brochures, pamphlets and websites use. You know the ones, they show a generic looking group of people, well groomed, conservatively dressed, ready to conquer the world. Or, you just see photos of hand shaking, cell phone talking, people [...]