Jon Lowenstein

b.

1970

From:

Boston, MA

Based:

Chicago, IL

Position:

Freelance photographer

Education:

BA, English, University of Iowa, 1993

Clients:

Mother Jones, Time, Smithsonian, US News and World Report, Fortune, Elle, The New York Times, Stern, and Chicago Magazine.

Background:

Lowenstein specializes in long-term, in-depth documentary photographic projects that attempt to question the status quo. His work has been widely honored, including the NPPA New American Award, the POY Magazine Photographer of the Year award, and the Nikon Sabbatical grant. Based in Chicago, he is represented by Aurora Photos.

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Work by Jon Lowenstein

#13 | Pocket Towns

Chicago's South Side is a sprawling collection of predominantly African-American neighborhoods that have been transformed by decades of racial change. Both the borders and futures of each neighborhood and its residents are uncertain, as families face dire obstacles such as crime, drugs, poverty, and inequitable access to education, jobs, and affordable housing.Divided by the skeletons of Chicago's industrial past, the neighborhoods now also face the growing specter of gentrification.