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Purveyors of Fine New and Used Acoustic Instruments Guitars . Banjos . Mandolins . Fiddles . Ukuleles Dulcimers . Whistles and Recorders . Harmonicas Hand Drums and Percussion Chicago’s Largest Selection of Folk Music Books and Recordings Lessons . Instrument Rentals Appraisals . Repairs Evanston 1920 Central St Evanston, IL 60201 (847) 475-0260 Visit Us Online
Beginning in 1966 Richard Bruné made his first guitar using wood salvaged from his parent’s dining room table for the sides and back. Made because he could not afford to buy a good guitar, this first instrument which can still be seen and played today at the Bruné shop proved to be instrumental (pun intended) in his career, which began as a professional flamenco guitarist...
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We are a film production company and creative collective based in the heart of Chicago; however, the stories we tell often take us across international borders. We love what we do and we are focused on building personal relationships to create the highest level of cinematic content. The Hydra was mythological beast fabled to grow multiple heads and create a path of rampant destruction. The...
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This Chicago native wasn’t born with a camera in hand. In fact, it took about 24 years before photography landed in Kyle’s lap. (This is where I stop talking in the third person.) After earning a degree in Visual Communications at the Illinois Institue of Art, I set out for a creative career in graphic design. On the side, I started to dabble with photography,...
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Matt Carmichael has been a Chicago-based concert photographer for more than 20 years. He has served as house photographer for Metro, Alpine Valley and what is now the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in Tinley Park. He was also the official photographer for 93XRT. Tinley Park, IL Visit Us Online
I’m a Chicago-based photographer with a passion for live music, visual storytelling, architecture and cityscapes, and portraiture. My work attempts to combine several of these elements to create a sense of place, personality, and emotion. When not shooting for clients, you’ll find me wandering among the buildings, walking the lakefront, down front at the Green Mill, or attending as many classical concerts as possible. If...
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Photo Reserve Inc. is a company started by renowned photographer Paul Natkin whom tells his story in the following description. My father was a well-known and well-traveled photographer who had quit photography to raise a family and become a building contractor. 1971 was not a good year to be in the building business, so he looked for something else to do. He called some of...
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Paul Aparicio is a photographer that believes he’s been fortunate enough to be able to combine his two passions of music and photography by doing concert photography for a local Chicago bands. Paul strives to capture more of the energy and feeling of the moment rather than simply snapping pictures of bands performing. For Paul, concert and music photography is more of a passion than...
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I learned photography during high school while working at Chicago’s Gallery 37 program. I still ache for the smell of chemicals on my hands as I develop my own film. Today, I work predominantly digitally and get to tinker with film on the side. I own a variety of cameras: Canon 5D Mark III; 35mm Canon EOS 1V; 4×5 Polaroid camera; instant film beauties: Polaroid...
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