2024 07 21

Allison at Maplewood, modelling for my first roll of film in a decade. Chicago, Illinois. March, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

It’s Sunday. Nobody is here on Sunday. It’s a ghost town. That said, the internet is forever so I can’t just say whatever I want to say without eventually hearing about it from someone. A big part of why I’m doing this blog is to push myself more out of my comfort zone. To not hold back. To re-acquaint myself with the feeling of putting my art out into the world for everyone to judge. Sure, it’s not going to be a banger photo every day. Sure, I’m going to sound like a maniac on occasion. I’m not perfect.

I scroll through the gallery page and what stands out to me is that there’s not enough people in my images. Likely, I’m holding back when I’m out making photos. I’ve got a bigger post with further elaboration on all of this hopefully in the works.

If you want some distraction this Sunday and are at all interested in Chicago music history, check out the video below which just popped into my feed. It’s a tour of the city with DJ Terry Hunter stopping by all the historic locations in town. Youtube is incredible… still don’t fully understand why I’m blogging and not youtubing. One of these days.

-Clayton