what i do...

its time to move on

2010-01-26T18:15:00.000-06:00

I have started a new blog.

Here is the link to see the most current work of Michael Jarecki

www.justmakepictures.com

2010-01-17T13:43:00.000-06:00

velvet lounge jazz club

2010-01-12T00:36:00.001-06:00

According to the door guy at the Velvet Lounge, this is a portrait of the first African American Playboy centerfold. I found this interesting especially with the movie line rope off....

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Tribune photographs

2009-12-28T23:21:00.001-06:00

Cpl. Matt Jimenez, from left, Steve Carponelli and Cpl. Tony Carponellis fell a tree in Walworth, Wisconsin. Cpl. Carponelli invited friend and unit member Cpl. Jimenez to spend Christmas with his family in Palatine. Both are part of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine regiment which recently returned from deployment in Afghanistan.

Cpl. Tony Carponelli gets "snowed" by his older sister Andrea Griffin during the Carponelli family tree hunt tradition at Country Side Trees in Walworth, Wisconsin on Sunday, December 20, 2009. Cpl. Carponelli invited friend and unit member Cpl. Matt Jimenez(back left) to spend Christmas with his family in Palatine.

Cpl. Matt Jimenez 21, saws a tree down during the Carponelli family tree hunt tradition at Country Side Trees in Walworth, Wisconsin on Sunday, December 20, 2009. Cpl. Tony Carponelli (not pictured) invited friend and unit member Cpl. Jimenez to spend Christmas with his family in Palatine. Carponelli and Jimenez are both part of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine regiment which recently returned from deployment in Afghanistan.

Saw this ran in the Trib on Christmas day....here is a link to the story.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-midwest-christmas-25-dec25,0,3216137.story chicagotribune.com

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cleveland meets chicago

2009-12-22T22:13:00.001-06:00

fashion photographer Jeff Stella!

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2009-12-14T17:44:00.000-06:00

Portrait of Joeff Davis, life long friend, mentor, and an amazing photographer who was named "photojournalist of the year" by the Atlanta Press Club for 2008. Whenever Joeff comes to visit we always fill our bodies with the ever so popular caffeine....maybe I will put together a cofffee shop series by the time I am 50. check out his work....it's stellar! www.joeff.com
-mj

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3 from the weekend

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winogrand

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PAULIE MALIGNAGGI, Former Junior Welterweight World Champion

2009-11-14T16:51:00.004-06:00

to see more photos from this press conference please visit: hoganphotos.com

2009-11-11T22:42:00.002-06:00

east coast

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NYC

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halloween party in 3

2009-11-01T23:11:00.001-06:00

happy halloween!!!

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2 from the weekend

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3 from the weekend

2009-10-07T22:35:00.000-05:00

working with prints...

2009-10-01T21:20:00.000-05:00

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cleaning the bean

2009-09-25T17:32:00.000-05:00

Here is the "cleaning the bean" photo story Time Out published for web...

http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/features/78715/how-things-work

Chicago Street

2009-09-24T23:03:00.000-05:00

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2009-09-22T22:49:00.001-05:00

Time Out Chicago Assignment - Cleaning Cloud Gate

2009-09-22T02:10:00.006-05:00

Florentiono Cabrales uses a telescoping pole with a brush to clean "Cloud Gate" in Chicago's Millennium Park while a group of students admire the sculpture on Monday, September 14, 2009. The sculpture is washed two times a week and takes anywhere between 45 minutes to and hour to clean.

Cabrales uses special cleaning cloth to polish "The Bean" while a group of onlookers make a picture in the reflection at Chicago's Millennium Park.

2009-09-19T11:00:00.000-05:00

The other night I went out to an opening reception: Violent Realities the work of Chicago based photojournalists Jon Lowenstein and Carlos Javier Ortiz. Powerful imagery along with video storytelling and extended captions...although the photographs speak for themselves directly...unfiltered pictures of violence...makes me wonder why the media censors so much of REALITY?

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portrait of ron

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Get It Together Show - Assemblage, Collage and Collaboration

2009-07-25T12:32:00.003-05:00

Two friends of mine had a collage gallery show opening on the south side. Chad Kouri (longliveanalog.com) (bottom) and James Harry Ewert Jr. (top).

2009-07-22T23:35:00.001-05:00

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king of pop tribute - hollywood video

2009-06-25T22:46:00.002-05:00

stopped in the video store...michael jackson film playing on all TVs...
-mj

2009-06-24T15:56:00.000-05:00

feature

2009-06-22T12:25:00.002-05:00

here is what the Chicago Tribune ran in today's paper...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-pod-pix,0,6615505.photogallery

-mj

summer time = grilling time

2009-06-22T00:03:00.001-05:00

Rev. Jesse Jackson watches Governor Pat Quinn bite into a piece of chicken during the 20th anniversary of "Real Men Cook" at Kennedy King College on Sunday, June 21, 2009.

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D3 Boot Camp Workout

2009-05-23T01:23:00.002-05:00

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location shooting downtown

2009-05-07T23:37:00.001-05:00

DEMO magazine

2009-05-06T17:49:00.005-05:00

I have some work from the Nov. 4 victory party in Grant Park in the current issue of DEMO magazine. Here you can see the online version of my work along with other Columbia Alumni who documented that historic night.
-mj

Chicago Art Parade

2009-05-05T15:48:00.000-05:00

Triathlon

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what a great book.

2009-04-22T20:31:00.001-05:00

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donation. give back

2009-04-18T17:58:00.002-05:00

I am donating a print of mine for the Laboratory Dancers open mic fundraiser tonight. I feel it is important to give back to the art community whenever and however you can. Support your local scene!!! without creative people this world would be super boring
-mj

EVENT LOCATION:
Rumble Arts Center
3413 W. North Ave.
CHICAGO

street art or godly praise?

2009-04-16T19:07:00.000-05:00

mmm...food

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Birkat HaChamah - Northbrook

2009-04-09T23:02:00.001-05:00

Birkat HaChamah (The Blessing of the Sun) is a Jewish blessing that takes place once every 28 years in appreciation of the Sun.

2009-04-07T22:25:00.000-05:00

Mark Borchardt @ NIU

2009-04-06T23:33:00.000-05:00

inspirational to say the least...

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motivation for the newspaper industry

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EXTREME ICE SURVEY

2009-03-18T21:59:00.001-05:00

the power of photography...decades this project will be monumental....maybe not even decades...