Here's one of my favourite photos from the collection. It was taken by photographer John White for a series on inner-city life in Chicago. It's a great picture that really captures the rhythm and life to have come out of some of the bleakest projects in America. This particular project is in Cabrini-Green on the south-side and was home to some of the most notorious gangs of the 1980s. The contrast created between the smiling kids and the bombed out building looming in the background changed people's perception of inner-city desolation when it was published in the Chicago Sun-Times in 1983. I love the energy of this shot and the angle is really effective - also the building in the background just seems to go on and on.
While we're on the subject of good photos, my sister has a pretty amazing collection. Check out her photo blog here.
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