Hey, I’m Susan, multi-passionate visual storyteller, award winning photographer, and nomad-at-heart who loves Chicago as my home base. A photographer since 2nd grade, with over two decades experience in the nonprofit sector managing data and communicating for impact, I bring my passions and skills together to provide an array of creative and business services for organizations and individuals.
A life-long Chicagoan, I love sharing my city with locals and visitors. My interests are focused on art, architecture, Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, and social justice history.
📷 I lead 90-minute art & architecture walking tours in downtown Chicago, which double as cell phone camera workshops, with occasional hikes in regional forest preserves and parks - Join me for an upcoming photo walk.
🗺️ I offer a selection of self-guided Chicago tours - half-day or full-day that include place descriptions and a Google map - Purchase self-guided tours.
📃 Want to level up with a custom tour? Contact me at least two weeks before your visit, and we'll see what we can do!
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Susan sitting by "The Picasso" in Daley Plaza
Participants in a group cell phone photography workshop and walk in the woods.
For nonprofits and grantmakers, I manage your external communications channels, so you can focus on your mission. I develop content calendars; write and publish blog posts, newsletters, and social media content; and source, organize, and create visuals for various communications channels.
Need better photo documentation of events, programs, and meetings? Want a creative staff retreat experience?
I also do group cell phone photography workshops.
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Purchase award-winning photography as a unique gift or home decor. Shop my photography store for framed art, blankets and pillows, and other photo gifts.
I freelance write and photograph for local, national, and international media, focused on:
sustainability and philanthropy in travel
the outdoors and water activities
food and culture
arts and architecture
Chicago, through the lens of the above topics