People @ Work-Photo #9 – Chicago Circa 1966-67
The concept for this photo series is that my photos are the opposite of the generic pictures posted on most business sites. The images of models pretending to be doing something important. My photos are of real people, doing real work and they have real a connection to me. Here’s a photo of my dad, [...]
People @ Work-Photo #8 – Chicago Circa 1990
After a brief hiatus of my People At Work series of photos, I return with a photo of my dad, Matthew Krugel, at work at his store Bel-Mar Pharmacy. This photo was taken around 1990. This was about 4 years before he closed the business. Bel-Mar and my dad were in the Belmont-Cragin area of [...]
People @ Work-Photo #7 – Chicago Circa 1932-36
All of my people at work photos continue to be real people at work and have been of my relatives in Chicago. Although I’m open to posting other photos of real people at work, my relatives hit closest to home for me (literally and figuratively). This photo continues that theme. This is a photo of [...]
People @ Work-Photos #5 & #6 – Chicago Circa 1959-60
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 [...]
People @ Work-Photos #3 & #4 – Chicago Circa 1953/54
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 [...]
