Chicago: One City Many Colors

“Chicago: One City Many Colors” is a new solo exhibit featuring the works of local photographer, Dimitre.  Jackson Junge Gallery, 1389 N Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago, is proud to showcase 18 pieces which portray the ever-changing landscape of Chicago.  The exhibition will run from July 9 thru September 15. There will be an opening reception with the artist Thursday, July 11^th from 6-9 PM.  Reception and exhibition are free to the public.

The skyline, architecture and brilliant hues of the city of Chicago are the subject of the exhibition by award-winning photographer Dimitre. Chicago: One City, Many Colors offers a brilliant overview of the artist’s career with 18 signature portraits of his adopted hometown.  Dimitre’s passionate landscapes do more than capture the city’s muscular beauty; they reveal a unique viewpoint that incites the mind and arouses inspiration and reverence.

Dimitre has lived and worked in Chicago for two decades, moving freely between the worlds of fine art, commercial art and architectural photography. His series of common perspective skylines, also titled One City, Many Colors, has been viewed by millions of people arriving at Midway Airport.

Over the course of five years, Dimitre took the same photograph from his studio window only to discover there was more to the scene that had initially seemed so mundane.  As the days pass, the clouds shift, the light brightens and fades, the cars appear and disappear, people flow in and out of the shots.  After five years even Dimitre changes.  The city itself is pervasive, becoming a recurring character in this quotidian scene; a constant. 

This exhibit aims for the audience to come away with an appreciation of the scenes that surround them every day.  They will stop and smell the roses and realize there is no need to travel far and wide to find beautiful landscapes.  “We need to look at what is right before our eyes and learn to appreciate that which is unique to us and only us,” Dimitre explains. “We can then share our perspective with others in a way that is fresh and exciting.”