Jennifer Brown's photographs of Chicago show it in various ways. Invoking a rich color palette and deep hues, it's a Chicago we know but not the one we see everyday. It is perhaps the Chicago we think of in our minds or that we feel in our hearts.
Gapers Block has ceased publication.
Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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