Publisher: America Through Time
Price: $25.99
Publication date: May 5, 2026
Language: English
Print length: 96 pages
ISBN-10: 1634996224
ISBN-13: 978-1634996228
Item Weight: 10.5 ounces
Dimensions: 6.31 x 0.31 x 9.21 inches
Book Review
Chicago
Seeing and Photographing the Windy City
Table of Contents
Introduction1. The Loop
2. The River
3. The Lake
4. Parks
5. Other Places
6. The L
7. Industry
8. Go High
9. People
Afterword
About the Author
About the Author
Steve Geer is a scientist and photographer living in Chicago. He has exhibited photographs in more than thirty solo and group exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe, has published work in numerous photography magazines, and is on the board of directors of the Perspective Fine Art Photography Gallery in Evanston, IL. In 2019 Steve was a founding member of the P2 Collective, a group of photographers and poets producing an ekphrastic dialogue in which poems and inspire photographs that then inspire further poems, and so on. Steve is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS).Customer Reviews
Having lived my entire life in central Illinois farm country, about two hours south of Chicago, I admit to a farmer’s opinion of big cities. I don’t like them! Illinois is the Prairie State. However, Steve Geer’s seminal album of pictures and narrative has slapped me “upside the head.” He arrested my attention, opened my eyes to forms of beauty, history and humanity that I would otherwise not have known.
–Michael Escoubas, author of Monet in Poetry and Paint
Chicago: Seeing and Photographing the Windy City is a gift. Having been away from the “City” for more than 40 years, Steve’s book returns me to those years, when in my early twenties, I lived and worked there. While so much has changed during the intervening years, photos of the Loop, Lake Michigan with the boats and yachts at anchor, Lake Shore Drive, construction projects, the El and so much more, pique my desire for a return visit. I’m sure to purchase two copies: one for myself, one to give away.
–Sharmagne Leland-St. John, author of A Raga for George Harrison
“In this gem, Steve Geer turns a practiced photographer’s eye on both familiar and unfamiliar Chicago scenes. It’s part travel guide, part artistic tour de force. Coupled with Geer’s instinct to get to the heart of things visually, his broadly representative images of this Mid-West “City in a Garden” all together bear a stunning originality. It’s not only the city’s skyscrapers, parks, and industry captured in an unusual snapshot of our time. The images also celebrate the Chicago River artery lifeline that over time went both to and from Lake Michigan. With a spare contextual commentary, you get not only a core history of the city’s geography and its related economic development, but also tips on what a picture taker should look out for and where. Whether you’re a native Chicagoan or viewing it from afar, this is one look at Chicago you’ll never forget.”
–William J. Bowe, retired Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Encyclopedia Britannica
–Michael Escoubas, author of Monet in Poetry and Paint
Chicago: Seeing and Photographing the Windy City is a gift. Having been away from the “City” for more than 40 years, Steve’s book returns me to those years, when in my early twenties, I lived and worked there. While so much has changed during the intervening years, photos of the Loop, Lake Michigan with the boats and yachts at anchor, Lake Shore Drive, construction projects, the El and so much more, pique my desire for a return visit. I’m sure to purchase two copies: one for myself, one to give away.
–Sharmagne Leland-St. John, author of A Raga for George Harrison
“In this gem, Steve Geer turns a practiced photographer’s eye on both familiar and unfamiliar Chicago scenes. It’s part travel guide, part artistic tour de force. Coupled with Geer’s instinct to get to the heart of things visually, his broadly representative images of this Mid-West “City in a Garden” all together bear a stunning originality. It’s not only the city’s skyscrapers, parks, and industry captured in an unusual snapshot of our time. The images also celebrate the Chicago River artery lifeline that over time went both to and from Lake Michigan. With a spare contextual commentary, you get not only a core history of the city’s geography and its related economic development, but also tips on what a picture taker should look out for and where. Whether you’re a native Chicagoan or viewing it from afar, this is one look at Chicago you’ll never forget.”
–William J. Bowe, retired Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Encyclopedia Britannica