Jeff Cagle
i am a freelance editorial photographer living in the chicago suburbs. my portfolio is at jeffcagle.com.
get in touch: jeffrey [dot] cagle [at] gmail
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Spent some time shooting at Loaves and Fishes food pantry today. A few minutes after distribution started, the aisles were packed. Assignments like these are always humbling and serve as a great reminder to be thankful for everything you have and not focus so much on the trivial things you don’t.
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I spent some time at East Aurora High School yesterday shadowing students shadowing each other as part of a youth exchange program between East and West Aurora High Schools. Based on that sentence alone, you can probably imagine it was hard to caption these images.
The program was put together dispel misconceptions students have of each other. East students think West is full of rich snobs, and West students think East is full of gang-bangers and you’ll get shot if you enter (something that every parent in Naperville also tells their kid). I only shot at East, but wanted to make sure I got a couple shots of West students looking uneasy, but a bunch more of happy, engaged faces once they realized the rumors weren’t true. It was a good story if you want to read it.
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One day on this job you will find yourself standing in an elementary school gym listening to the owner of some obscure world records talk to fifth graders about things like the importance of time, calling your parents and watching Marines die in Afghanistan, and in the back of your head you will hear David After Dentist asking “Is this real life?”
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I shot a Bret Michaels concert the other night. I got there way too early, but after the three song limit was up I moved to the back and stayed long enough to see a wardrobe change, and I’m happy to report that both shirts I saw Bret Michaels wear had Bret Michaels on them.
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Throw a pinata into the mix and you’re almost always guaranteed a fun picture.
(Source: jeffcaglephoto)
