A few weeks ago I shot a portrait of one of Chicago’s best-known chefs, Shawn McClain, for this week’s issue of Time Out Chicago. I posted a quick little video of the shoot. You can read the article here.
Tags: chef, portrait, restaurant, shawn mcclain, Time Out
I shot a campaign for Blackberry RIM and the images are starting to hit the streets. I did a series of portraits of VIPs in businesses around the world that are part of the Blackberry RIM Alliance program. I’ll post more images of the campaign as they become available.
Recently a good friend of mine bought a farm in the absolutely beautiful Driftless region of western Wisconsin. When we have the chance, my wife and I flee Chicago to the wild bucolic pastures and limestone bluffs of this hidden part of Wisconsin and do nothing but go trout fishing, read books and take frequent [...]
I’ve been doing quite a bit of new work with the Greater Chicago Food Depository since I shot a photo essay covering their efforts last fall in Time Out Chicago. They really liked the images that I shot for that project and they’ve asked me to be part of an ongoing series that they’re calling [...]
Tags: charity, Chicago, documentary, food depository
A few weeks ago I shot the cover of Benefits Selling Magazine and the images to go alongside the feature article about Senior Vice President of Marsh, Steven Ginsburg- he’s in charge of putting together insurance benefit products for the largest benefits provider in the world.
The amazing Production Paradise has just featured me in their Chicago issue of photographers and production specialists. Check it out here: http://www.productionparadise.com/showcase/chicago-issue-225-385.html
I just launched my new website with a totally new layout, some new galleries and new images. Check it out: http://www.joewigdahl.com/
In this month’s issue of Chicago Magazine there’s a story that I shot on 6 natural / organic farmers that have been leading the trend towards local, healthy organic and natural foods in the Chicago area. I spent over a month last summer driving around Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin meeting the farmers, taking pictures of [...]
Cody Hudson of Struggle Inc recently published a book of post cards and the cover is a portrait that I took of him a little while back. When it comes to people like artists and musicians I usually find that their work is more interesting than what they look like.
Tags: cody hudson, portrait, struggle inc
