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Ben Schumin is a professional photographer who captures the intricacies of daily life.

A woman walks along the edge of Lake Michigan, just off Touhy Beach in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood.

Ben Schumin is a professional photographer who captures the intricacies of daily life. This image may be used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0. Please provide artist attribution, as well as a link to the original photo and to the license terms.

Searchlight machine along North Clark Street

Elyse holds a cluster of balloons

Marker graffiti on a window

Lincoln Park Conservatory

Aon Center, Chicago [02]

Graffiti worm on Standard Club building [01]

Aon Center, Chicago [01]

"SAFE SCHOOL ZONE" sign at Chicago and Wabash

Aon Center, Chicago [04]

Graffiti worm on Standard Club building [02]

Aon Center, Chicago [03]

Chicago Theatre sign from above [01]

Sea gull at Lincoln Park Zoo

Chicago Theatre sign from above [02]

Glasses on a rope

Cloud Gate from beneath

Ostrich at the Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [04]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [02]

Hamburger University

Discarded shirt in a parking lot

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [03]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [05]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [02]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [03]

Ostrich at the Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [04]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [01]

Cloud Gate [03]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [01]

Gas meters along an alley

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [02]

Platform at Ogilvie Transportation Center

FedEx truck on West Giddings Street

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

Elyse gives a look to the camera

Chicago sewer manhole cover

Carpenters Building

"Sugar Beats" sticker on a lamppost

Selfie on North State Street

Gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

Red Line platform at Jackson station [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [03]

Kyle poses for the camera

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [01]

Sign for Davis Theater [02]

"Beware of attack flamingo" sign

"Beware of dog" sign on a gate

Sign for Davis Theater [01]

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [07]

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

Leaves on a vine across a fence

Glenwood Sunday Market [08]

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [01]

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [01]

Elyse hangs from a train

Carpenters Building

Elyse gives the finger

Light on the back of an apartment building

Main hall at Ogilvie Transportation Center

Flags outside the Willis Tower

Wrigley Building [01]

Dead and decaying fish

Red Line platform at Jackson station [01]

Dogs in Lake Michigan [01]

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [04]

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [03]

Amazon box containing free items

Forever Marilyn statue

Power line configuration sign on a utility pole

Couple making out on the ice

Tower 18 interlocking [02]

Chicken Bibimbap from Cuckoo

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [02]

Directional sign at Jackson station

Steeple at St. Pauls United Church of Christ

Cluster of wrapped cables

Weathered poster on a utility pole

Beef Shoyu Ramen from Kinton Ramen

Dogs in Lake Michigan [02]

Traffic lights at North Avenue and Fremont Street

Glenwood Sunday Market [06]

Glenwood Sunday Market [02]

Speed hump in an alley west of North Oakley Avenue

Woman napping on the beach

French fries from Cuckoo

Rat poster in an alley

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [03]

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [01]

Utility worker in an alley

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [02]

Discarded beer bottle at 2301 West Lawrence Avenue [01]

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [02]

Apartment balcony decorated for Halloween

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [01]

Quality Optical [01]

Discarded beer bottle at 2301 West Lawrence Avenue [02]

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [01]

Rusted water tower [03]

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [08]

Glenwood Sunday Market [01]

Quality Optical [02]

Rusted water tower [01]

Pedestrian call button at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [02]

Historic Route 66 sign

Scavenger service sign

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [02]

"Log in and stay a while"

Selfie while stuck in a planter

Glenwood Sunday Market [10]

Pedestrian call button at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [01]

Lifesaving rowboat [02]

Rusted water tower [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [07]

CTA bus 4154 at West Jackson Boulevard and South Dearborn Street

Dog shakes itself off

Quality Optical [04]

Sidewalk graffiti on North Lincoln Avenue

Seagull near Lake Michigan

Glenwood Sunday Market [09]

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [01]

Flag flying outside of Wintrust Bank

Glenwood Sunday Market [06]

Dog sniffing dead fish

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [03]

"Stop and kiss"

Pavement markings for utility work

Chicago River from DuSable Bridge, facing southwest

Cloud Gate [02]

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [03]

Stop sign graffiti

Van traverses a speed hump

View from John Hancock Center, facing northwest

North Lake Shore Drive and ramp from Michigan Avenue

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [14]

Glenwood Sunday Market [05]

Yellow traffic signal

InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [02]

Apartment buildings along East Lake Shore Drive

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [15]

Gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

Stand-up paddleboarding on Lake Michigan

Glenwood Sunday Market [04]

COVID-era signage still in place at Jackson station

Glenwood Sunday Market [03]

View from John Hancock Center, facing southwest

View of Chicago from Touhy Beach

"Be barefoot, color barefoot, live barefoot"

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [13]

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [03]

Cloud Gate [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [04]

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [12]

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [01]

Wrigley Building [02]

Alley speed limit sign

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [16]

875 North Michigan Avenue [03]

Tribune Tower [03]

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [02]

Woman waiting for her dog

Tribune Tower [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [11]

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [02]

Water tower at 30 East Wacker Place

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [01]

CloudBar at 875 North Michigan Avenue

875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

875 North Michigan Avenue [04]

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [04]

Concrete planters beneath the Brown Line tracks

Quality Optical [03]

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [02]

Train departs Chicago station

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [02]

Interior of CTA car 5436 [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [07]

Graffiti on a utility box in an alley

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [02]

Train arriving at Jackson station

Turn restriction at North Michigan Avenue and East Chestnut Street

Woman walking along Lake Michigan

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [01]

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [04]

Stairs sign at John Hancock Center

Interior of CTA car 5436 [02]

Macy's at Water Tower Place [02]

View from Sears Tower [01]

Graffiti on "L" train support

"NO OUTLET" sign at alley entrance

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [09]

Cloud Gate [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [07]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [03]

2301 West Lawrence Avenue

Cloud Gate [04]

Chicago as viewed from the John Hancock Center [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

Cloud Gate [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [05]

Cloud Gate [03]

Alley parallel to North Lincoln Avenue

Chicago as viewed from the John Hancock Center [02]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [01]

Taking photos at the Marilyn Monroe sculpture

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [08]

"DO NOT ENTER" sign with religious graffiti

Tower 18 interlocking [07]

Tower 18 interlocking [05]

Water Tower Place [03]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [17]

Public notice for 2301 West Lawrence Avenue

Fire alarm speaker/strobe at John Hancock Center

CTA bus stop sign at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [06]

John Hancock Center and flags

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [06]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [02]

Tower 18 interlocking [04]

Tower 18 interlocking [08]

Green Line train at Morgan Station

Whole Foods in Lincoln Park

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [01]

John Hancock Center [04]

CTA Red Line train at Belmont

John Hancock Center [06]

Dog swimming in Lake Michigan

Tower 18 interlocking [03]

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [02]

Water Tower Place [04]

Carbide & Carbon Building

Water Tower Place [02]

John Hancock Center [02]

Elevator indicator in the lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue

John Hancock Center [07]

John Hancock Center [05]

John Hancock Center [01]

Exit for Lake station

Sailboat on Lake Michigan

Glenwood Sunday Market [05]

Lifesaving rowboat [01]

Lighted arrow on Uncle Julio's building

John Hancock Center, with fog at the top [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [10]

View from Sears Tower [02]

900 North Michigan Avenue

John Hancock Center exterior bracing

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [01]

Water Tower Place [01]

John Hancock Center, with fog at the top [02]

Fire alarm strobe at the 875 North Michigan Avenue observatory [02]

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [03]

Garbage outside of a Walgreens

Child at Crown Fountain

CTA California station (Green Line)

Tribune Tower [01]

Fullerton station

Fire alarm strobe at the 875 North Michigan Avenue observatory [01]

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [02]

Elyse films the observatory elevator at 875 North Michigan Avenue

CTA Roosevelt station (Red Line)

North Avenue Beach

Photographing a couple

Stairs sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [04]

Exit sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Stairs sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

Partially eaten cake pop

Three people on a pier

Man laying on the beach in Chicago

Traffic at a signal on North Lake Shore Drive

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [05]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [06]

CTA Quincy station

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [02]

John Hancock Center and surrounding buildings

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Fire alarm speaker/strobe at Navy Pier

View from John Hancock Center [01]

John Hancock Center [03]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [03]

Beach along Lake Michigan [02]

Beach along Lake Michigan [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [01]

Ammons Transportation school bus [02]

Chicago-approved exit sign [02]

Ammons Transportation school bus [01]

Cloud Gate self portrait

CTA bus 1620 at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Traffic on East Monroe Street

Chicago Police boat

Six feet on Cloud Gate

View west from Roosevelt platform

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [01]

View east from Roosevelt platform

Parking lot beneath the CTA tracks

Flags in Chicago

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [02]

Wells Street Bridge

Purple and Brown Line trains on the Wells Street Bridge

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [03]

Tower 18 interlocking [01]

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Former Skokie Swift cars

Selfies on Cloud Gate [02]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [07]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [02]

Couple takes a selfie at the 875 North Michigan Avenue observation deck

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [04]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [06]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [03]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [01]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [05]

Selfies on Cloud Gate [01]

Skokie Swift at Howard

Riding on CTA car 3440

Trash can at Starbucks

Steamed milk from Starbucks in a holiday cup [02]

Steamed milk from Starbucks in a holiday cup [01]

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Author: Ben Schumin

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

Created on: Sunday 7 August 2011

Dimensions: 3648*2052

Albums: Photos by date / 2011
Photos by date / 2011 / Chicago, August 3-8, 2011
Photos by location / Illinois / Cook County / Chicago
Photos by type / Creative Commons images

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