Category Archives: Commentary

Gold Star Mother’s Day

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Harvey

Gold Star Ban­ners were pre­sented to 10 Illi­nois moth­ers on Sun­day whose sons died in com­bat dur­ing the pre­vi­ous year. More than 70 Illi­nois Gold Star fam­i­lies, who lost fam­ily mem­bers on active duty since Sep­tem­ber 11, 2001, attended the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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From One Day To The Next

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Harvey

One day I pho­tographed dig­ni­taries includ­ing Greg Baise, Pres­i­dent of the Illi­nois Man­u­fac­tur­ers’ Asso­ci­a­tion, speak­ing about the work­ers com­pen­sa­tion bill about to be signed at the Nav­is­tar Engi­neer­ing facil­ity in May­wood, IL. The next day, work­ing for a dif­fer­ent client, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Chicago Museum Features, “Our Body: the Universe Within”

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Harvey

Illi­nois Sec­re­tary of State and organ dona­tion aware­ness advo­cate Jesse White recently toured the Inter­na­tional Museum of Sur­gi­cal Sci­ence in Chicago dur­ing National Donate Life Month fol­lowed by cer­e­monies to increase organ and tis­sue dona­tion. Sec­re­tary White explored the museum’s cur­rent exhibit, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Hoping April Showers Bring These

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Harvey
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Home For Easter?

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Harvey

A neighborhood’s street per­son can often be found on this bench at dif­fer­ent times dur­ing the night in any sea­son, in any weather. I don’t know where he/she goes dur­ing the day.

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National Fair Housing Month Marked With Screening Of “American Casino”

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Harvey

Illi­nois Depart­ment of Human Rights Direc­tor Rocco Clapps, Manny Flo­res, Direc­tor of Finan­cial and Pro­fes­sional Regulation-Division of Bank­ing, Leslie Combs from U.S. Rep. Jan Shakowski’s office, and Attor­ney Gen­eral Lisa Madi­gan held a press con­fer­ence this week to cel­e­brate National … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Red Cross Promotes Awareness About House Fires

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Harvey

A house fire hap­pens every 80 sec­onds. 70,000 fam­i­lies a year face los­ing every­thing. The Red Cross responds to 10% more fires than it did six years ago. The prob­lem is spread­ing, but with your sup­port, hope can spread just … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Wedding Couples Of A Certain Age…

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Harvey

Wed­ding cou­ples of a cer­tain age (early 30s to mid-70s) are more attracted to my style of shoot­ing and the rela­tion­ship I build with them than twen­tysome­things. They often have fam­i­lies, some­times grown. They don’t want video or a team … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Photo Today: Washington Block

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Harvey

The jux­ta­po­si­tion of old and new archi­tec­ture caught my eye as I walked along a city block. I might have called this “Sky­scrap­ers Then and Now.” To see more urban pho­tog­ra­phy visit harveystock.com

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Harmony Day At Queen Of Peace

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Harvey

I pho­tographed an enlight­en­ing and mov­ing project recently when Queen of Peace High School hosted Har­mony Day in mid-February to improve the stu­dent body’s aware­ness and under­stand­ing of issues relat­ing to truth and jus­tice at the school, in their local … Con­tinue read­ing →

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