"The Northside doesn’t touch on the iconic Chicago downtown, the city’s famous neighborhoods, or urban issues reported in the media. I kept to ordinary, street-side landmarks. This generic middle-American city, where I live."
–Allen Wheatcroft
The images in The Northside were taken in the northern reaches of Chicago, and beyond, between 2020 and 2023. During the pandemic Wheatcroft set out intentionally to look closely, and as though for the first time, at familiar neighborhoods. To do this, he explored the part of the city he's called home for 15 years. Staying within the northern communities of the Chicago area, he made intuitive connections – about what and where to photograph, to give him new ways of seeing familiar landmarks and places.
Dimensions: 6.54 x 9.6 inches
Materials: Printed book
Allen Wheatcroft
(Andersonville)
Allen Wheatcroft lives in Andersonville on Chicago’s Northside and spends several months in Sweden every year. After publishing Body Language (Damiani 2020) — a book of street photos from cities in Europe and the US — he turned his attention to exploring more deeply the built environment where he lives and spends his time. The result of these explorations is the publication, in April 2024, of companion books on Chicago and Sweden — The Northside and Björkevägen (Birch Road).