The Chicago Project
Chicago is a vast metropolis consisting of 77 official community areas which cover 234 sq. miles and provide homes for 2.8 million residents.
The Chicago Image Gate Project was a multi-year endeavour to photograph every neighborhood, documenting typical houses and factories, parks and monuments, churches and schools, shopping streets and bridges.
Started in 2007, the project was completed in 2013. The images are organized by community area, accessed via the clickable map on the home page, or by the left menu. The images are also available to licence for
use via Getty Images and the license can be obtained by clicking on the image.
The Photographer
The photographs were taken by Chicago photographer Steve Geer.
Steve has exhibited his photographs in galleries in the U.S. and in Europe, published his work in numerous photography magazines, and is on the board of directors of the
Perspective Fine Art Photography Gallery in Evanston, IL. Steve is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS).
Steve is the author of a new book Chicago – Seeing and Photographing the Windy City published by America Through Time.
To see more of Steve's work, please visit his portfolio website.