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Matt Maldre
Chicago, IL
Christian, artist, designer, illustrator, photographer, webmaster, entrepreneur, curator, goofball, and croquet player in Chicago
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This is so psychedelic!
Commented Jan 18, 2016 on Picture This: A 360 Degree Wonder at Eye Level
Picture This: A 360 Degree Wonder
Plexus A1, Gabriel Dawe, 2015, Photo by Mike Tuttle After a two year renovation, the opening of the Renwick Gallery and its inaugural exhibition, WONDER, have been a major success. The building has been updated to a 21st century elegance allowing the art within to shine. Recently, we took ...
Whoa. What an intense piece of public art. I'm also a public spaces artist who wants to create work that has impact and makes people think. Your work here is amazing.
Commented Aug 4, 2014 on Places of Remembrance at Berlin Reified
Places of Remembrance
But no summer walk is innocent of history. In summer as in winter this sign consumes me. In translation: "Jews are not permitted to leave their flats after 8pm (9pm in the summer)." It's one in the public art series installed by Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock, ably reported on by Ian Johnso...
Alex! you are #2 for Photojournalism on the Kindle store, and #6 for Photojournalism in all Amazon books! (I bought the book too! I can't wait to open it!)
Reading your post today made my say out loud, "WHAAAAT" but I am very excited for you. I'm looking forward to seeing how you stretch out in the photo community with your great ability for teaching, writing, and entrepreneurial ideas. OH man. I can't wait to see what you will do.
Commented Jul 21, 2014 on A Book and a Big Life Leap at Assignment Chicago
A Book and a Big Life Leap
7/22 Update: There were some technical issues with the PDF version, so if you'd like to buy, best thing is to head to the Tribune ebook center where you can get the book in various formats but give the PDF a few days. Thanks! My photo e-book has been published! It's based on photo columns t...
Alex, that's such a great idea! It would be so much fun to have a Photographers' Cafe. There's something similar in the comic book industry with comic book stores. Some stores make more of a community effort by putting on evens and talks. One such place in Chicago is "Challengers Comics + Conversations" on Western Avenue.
Commented Jun 23, 2014 on How Camera Stores Can Stay in Business at Assignment Chicago
How Camera Stores Can Stay in Business
After Calumet Photographic closed its doors, customers laid flowers outside its entrance. (©2014 Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) Quick! Where do you go to hang out with other photographers - to meet up, learn from, share stories and tips, and be inspired? I’m not talking the online world here...
Ohh, the book is standing on the counter. Clever! I totally thought it was in her hands. Alex, you are the master of portrait photography.
Also the filled-in negative space in the O letters of the book fit in nicely with your composition with the round mirror. The missing negative space is akin to the play you are doing with space in the photo.
Commented Jun 2, 2014 on "Invisible" Characters in an Author's Portrait at Assignment Chicago
"Invisible" Characters in an Author's Portrait
(©2014 Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) If you're going to use a technical trick during a portrait, it's imperative for it have some relevancy to your subject. Otherwise, the technique just calls attention to itself and ends there. Even then, the best compliment you might get is "nifty trick". ...
You have so many wonderful stories!
Commented May 25, 2014 on You Just Never Know... at Assignment Chicago
You Just Never Know...
During the Mount Pleasant riots of 1991 in Washington, DC, I made this picture that ran on the cover of the Baltimore Sun the next day (it's a scan of a copy I still have so please forgive the quality...) As a young photographer looking to become their next intern, I knew it would be my big ...
I love how the lighting is all blue, and then the student is regular-toned. The ceiling on the left looks like a midnight sky full of constellations.
Commented May 25, 2014 on Cosmic Rays in the Ceiling at Assignment Chicago
Cosmic Rays in the Ceiling
(©2014 Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) We just profiled our 2014 All-State Academic Team, which is a select group of students around the Chicago area who are brilliant in their studies and in various pursuits. When I arrived to photograph Glenbrook North High School senior Derek Choi, I learned...
Holy smokes!
Commented May 25, 2014 on Hypnotic Smoke at Assignment Chicago
Hypnotic Smoke
(©2014 Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) On some level, after human life is not at risk and water continues to suppress a fire, I think firefighters are like the rest of us in terms of being sometimes mesmerized by smoke. I was at a warehouse fire recently where winds were sweeping smoke across t...
That is so electrifying!
Commented May 22, 2014 on Lightning Over Chicago at Assignment Chicago
Lightning Over Chicago
(©2014 Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) I rarely get to photograph lightning in Chicago - I'm usually stuck in traffic on the way home when I see it all happening, thinking about all the photographers out there making amazing lightning pictures. Or, I've staked out a spot that just didn't materi...
Alex! Great photo! I see you were at the 5pm service. Sarah and I were at the 3pm service! I was also struck by the same light. Or maybe I should say the light struck me. I snapped a photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spudart/13913175222/
Commented Apr 19, 2014 on Good Friday Light at Assignment Chicago
Good Friday Light
(©2014 Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) As someone who makes a living from light, I was fascinated when the colors during the Good Friday mass at Holy Name Cathedral turned kaleidoscopic. The sun was setting from the back of the cathedral, so only the backs of people were illuminated, but it was s...
Happy 4-year blogversary!
Commented Apr 10, 2014 on Loving and Hating Lake Street at Assignment Chicago
Loving and Hating Lake Street
I’m having a love/hate relationship with Lake Street. They say love is a verb. You choose to spend quality time with someone, or you don’t. Technically, then, we’re living life together. But oh, is this dysfunctional. With the insane amount of traffic on the Eisenhower -- special sympa...
What is this? American Idol?
Commented Jan 19, 2014 on Warning: Favorite Photo Ahead at Assignment Chicago
Warning: Favorite Photo Ahead
Caution on the road ahead... (©2014 Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) Go ahead, take it out. That favorite photo of yours? It has to go from your contest entry. I know it’s going to hurt. I feel your pain, many times over. It might have been very hard to get, or says a lot to you about ...
Did your frozen jeans really stand up in place? You need to get some snow pants, mister!
ha. the last one is funny, "20. Eighteen inches of snow that cleans up all photo backgrounds."
Commented Jan 15, 2014 on The Joy of Vortex at Assignment Chicago
The Joy of Vortex
(Photo by Ting Shen) What the heck am I doing with two magic arms and a remote at the end of a monopod? Isn't it too cold to improvise for a shoot with such a set-up? Not when your paddleboarding subject is willing to freeze like you are for a magazine shoot in December... I know my friends...
I never realized this until I saw your photo, but the color of Ditka's eyes is Smoke Blue.
Commented Dec 10, 2013 on Mike Ditka - Da Coach at Assignment Chicago
Mike Ditka - Da Coach
Mike Ditka (©2013 Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) It was the back of his restaurant in Chicago. He clearly didn't have much time for the photograph but was willing to squeeze me in for a daily assignment. I had two flashes with me. I felt his restless energy - the same energy that I used to wat...
I was wondering how you got the nice lighting on your face! :)
Commented Dec 4, 2013 on The Surprises of Google Glass at Assignment Chicago
The Surprises of Google Glass
I was prepared to pan the low light quality of Glass, but I paused when I took this image at night in a reflection of The Bean. (© 2013 Alex Garcia) This past Spring, I wrote a post about how I thought Google Glass would change photojournalism. Of course, it was all a bit presumptuous becaus...
Nice coverage, Alex! You hit all the details and also the bigger picture (often people only do one side). And your insight about not being able to frame your photos is a good point.
I like that you choose to do a selfie for the image of this blog post. Or should it be called a beanie? Haha. Has anyone used that term for photos taken of self reflections in the bean? A beanie.
Commented Dec 4, 2013 on The Surprises of Google Glass at Assignment Chicago
The Surprises of Google Glass
I was prepared to pan the low light quality of Glass, but I paused when I took this image at night in a reflection of The Bean. (© 2013 Alex Garcia) This past Spring, I wrote a post about how I thought Google Glass would change photojournalism. Of course, it was all a bit presumptuous becaus...
You got the horse in the race track shot! Nice.
Commented Oct 10, 2013 on Helicopter View of Morning Light at Assignment Chicago
Helicopter View of Morning Light
Periodically we'll send someone from our staff up in a helicopter to get pictures of several buildings, areas, or projects that are in the news. Along the flight path, it's pretty much expected that we'll find feature pictures. These are my favorite four from this morning's commut...
What should that genre be called? When you have a portrait of someone taking a selfie? Parallax portrait-selfie?
Commented Oct 10, 2013 on Finding a Moment at Walter Payton College Prep at Assignment Chicago
Finding a Moment at Walter Payton College Prep
Making pictures for daily assignments are not as straightforward as you might think. When told recently to make a picture of students leaving Walter Payton College Prep to illustrate a story about millions of dollars in funding that it received from the city, the easiest picture to make would ...
Hey, tell that one lady in the photo to get off the kitchen counter! Sheesh. #respectthetape
Commented Oct 5, 2013 on The Ultimate Real Estate Market Research at Assignment Chicago
The Ultimate Real Estate Market Research
In one of the strangest things I've seen, a builder constructed a series of faux homes out of plywood and Tyvek house wrap in a 88,000-square-foot warehouse in suburban Franklin Park. The goal was to gather research from potential home buyers about what works and doesn't - all to...
Do decibels cause camera shake?
Commented Aug 18, 2013 on Wet Paper Goobers as Ear Plugs and Other Concert Photo Tips at Assignment Chicago
Wet Paper Goobers as Ear Plugs and Other Concert Photo Tips
Who are all these concert photographers - all 60 of them crowded together photographing Nine Inch Nails...? (Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) For those who follow this blog, you'll know that I periodically publish a list of photo tips that are a tad unconventional. The "Not Ready for Primetime ...
This man is the antithesis of the lights.
1) His hat sits in between the two lights, separating them.
2) His hat is the same shape as the lights, but his hat is is right-side up, while the lights are upside down.
3) His hat is black, the lights are white.
4) His hat covers, the lights expose.
Commented Aug 18, 2013 on Coffee at the Lula Cafe at Assignment Chicago
Coffee at the Lula Cafe
While on assignment at the Lula Cafe a few days ago, I met up with a portrait subject as she achieved equilibrium with her morning coffee. As we turned to leave, I saw this man at the counter. Two quick pictures and I was out the door. The picture grew with me the more I've sat with it.
Wow! How fun. I love how you got the helicopter pilot's sandals in the photo and video.
Commented Aug 17, 2013 on Air and Water Show - Preview at Assignment Chicago
Air and Water Show - Preview
"So if I have a heart attack, you have the controls in front of you" are not the words you want to hear from your 60+ year-old pilot before you go up in an airplane made in the 1940's. This was after I put on a parachute and he instructed me how to jump out of the plane in case ...
I'm in Michigan right now! In saugatuck by the lake.
Commented Aug 13, 2013 on Colors of Michigan Sky at Assignment Chicago
Colors of Michigan Sky
Just spent a week taking in the sky on the other side of Lake Michigan. It was just a week of watching sunsets, stepping on beaches and wading into waters that weren't closed for bacteria. Exhale.
Alex! Was this Friday, Saturday, Sunday? I was at the game on Friday. My sister was at the one on Saturday. And my cousin was at the game on Sunday.
Commented Aug 5, 2013 on First Cubs Game in...Years? at Assignment Chicago
First Cubs Game in...Years?
The funny thing about this profession is that you could work a shift and never shoot certain things. For me, that's sports. My shift typically ends when games are getting ready to begin. It didn't use to be that way. When I started at the Long Beach Press-Telegram I was ...
Where's the download link for the 300 photos?
Commented Jul 26, 2013 on Crowdsource this Photo Grid by Our Staff at Assignment Chicago
Crowdsource this Photo Grid by Our Staff
Crowdsource this. Go ahead. All the pundits, entrepreneurs, academics, bloggers, artists, editors, and cameraphone manufacturers who talk about how the digital age, with Twitter, Instagram and the "billions" of photojournalists will make professional photojournalists irrelevant and unneeded...
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