Selected Exhibitions & Awards
2022 Irving and Joan Harris Gallery, Old Town School, Chicago 2021 Projection Promenade digital exhibition
2020 Chopin in the City Festival digital exhibition
2019 Logan Center for the Arts digital exhibition
2017: Jazz and Blues, Logan Center for the Arts
2015: A Musical Metamorphosis: Photographs from 1979-2015, University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts
2015: Freedom Principle, Museum of Contemporary Art
2015: The 50th Anniversary of the AACM, DuSable Museum
2008: Jazzography: A Portrait of The Chicago Jazz Festival at 30
2007: The Music Show: Group Exhibition, Chicago City Arts Gallery
2003: Fine Arts Building Gallery
2003: Fine Arts Building Gallery
2001: Fine Arts Building Gallery
2000: Fine Arts Building Gallery
1999: Fine Arts Building Gallery
1998: Fine Arts Building Gallery
1986: Jazz Visions Chicago Filmmakers
1986: FEDS (WPA/Artists-in-Residence)
1984: Chicago Filmmakers
1980: Illinois Photographers
1980: West Hubbard Gallery
1980: Midwest Photographers
1980: Chicago Cultural Center
1980: Chicago Council on Fine Arts
1979: Daley Center
Europe
2001: Manezh Hall, Moscow
1989: Drill Hall, London
One-Woman Shows: USA
2015: A Musical Metamorphosis: Photographs from 1979-2015, Logan Center for the Arts
2002: Three Arts Club, Chicago Sound In/Sight
2001: La Chappelle Gallery, New York; Ancient to the Future
2001: Humboldt Park Stables Gallery, Chicago; The Art of Music
2001: Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Chicago
2000: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1990: One of a Kind Gallery, Chicago
1987: Prairie Avenue Gallery, Chicago
1983: Northbrook Public Library
One-Woman Shows: Europe
2013: Oko Ucho, Poznan, Poland; Made in Chicago
2010: Oko Ucho, Poznan, Poland; Soundography
2006: Oko Ucho, Poznan, Poland; Freedom Squared
2005: Mu-Terem Galeriaban, Debrecen, Hungary
2004: Oko Ucho, Poznan, Poland; Retrospective
2003: Festival of Jewish Culture, Krakow, Poland; Window to the Soul
2002: Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland; Great Black Music
2001: Galeria Fotografii, Poznan, Poland; Jazz and Tradition
Publications
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Reader
Downbeat Magazine
Serpents Tail, London, England
Quartet Press, London, England
The Wire, London, England
University of Chicago Press
Musica Jazz, Milano, Italy
Jazziz Magazine
Jazz Times Magazine
Jazz Forum magazine
GAS, Tokyo
Delmark Records
Nessa Records
Atlantic Records
Southport Records
Monograph “Great Black Music”, Poznan, Poland
Jazzography: A Portrait of The Chicago Jazz Festival at 30 – group photo exhibition and book
Collections
David Ruttenberg, Chicago
Ra Joy, Chicago
Clint Eastwood, California
Recognitions
2023 Jazz Journalists Jazz Awards: Lona Foote- Bob Parent Lifetime Achievement in Photography 2023 Jazz Journalists Jazz Awards Photo of the Year 2018 Jazz Institute of Chicago Jazz Visionary Award 2017 3 Arts Make a Wave Award 2015 Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Think Big Award 2014 DuSable Museum of African American History Timeless Woman 2012 Hyde Park Jazz Society James Wagner Community Service Award 2008 Jazz Journalists Association- A-Team Award 2007 Chicago Jazz Ensemble Outstanding Cultural Contributions 2005 Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Community Service 2004 Chicago Tribune Chicagoan of the Year 2001 Jazz Journalists Association Nominated for Excellence in Photography