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  • #laidofffromthesuntimesIn the seconds after being told that the Chicago Sun-Times was going to eliminate it's entire photojournalism department in favor of reporters toting iPhones and freelancers I decided to use my camera as a middle finger and chronicle my new life after spending 12 years as a staff photojournalist being trained by them to tell amazing stories.Day 0 - Steamboat Room carpet. 14th Floor of the Holiday Inn where the Sun-Times Massacre occurred. The carpet was was as unforgettable as the emotion of standing next to your hero and mentor as his 44-year career came to a close without even a thank you.
  • Day 1 - Unemployment paperwork and cold pizza.
  • Day 4 - New basement office behind the dryer.
  • Day 1 - Taking our first steps in this new world together
  • Day 16 - juggling a baby and media interviews about losing my job. Not knowing what kind of future was out there.
  • Day 7 - Trust - return to the scene of the crime
  • Day 7 - Save our Sun-Times Rally
  • Day 7 - Al Podgorski, Scott Stewart and Dam Najolia hold their memorable images at the Save our Sun-Times Rally
  • Day 7 - Save our Sun-Times Rally
  • Day - Always smile
  • Day 18 - returned my company issued equipment in a diaper box because they refused to send a courier to come get it.
  • Day 45 - See what you Missed Gallery Show opens at the Chicago Photography Center.
  • Day 73 - Sometimes falling feels like flying
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  • Day 62 - Making pictures because I want to. Allowing the future to determine the future.
  • Day 75 - Chicago Journalist of the Year in the Steamboat Room
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