Jeff Phillips
& Phoenix Military Academy
Jeff Phillips & Phoenix Military Academy

Project Overview

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  • Artist — Jeff Phillips

  • School — Phoenix Military Academy

  • Neighborhood — Near West Side

Jeff Phillips is the CPS Lives photographer changing the notion of what military school is, and redefining it into what it can be. Through his time at Phoenix, Phillips has tackled the issues around what it means to be a student of a CPS military school – and he continues to do so as he goes into the second semester of his 2nd year in the program.

Meet the Artist

Jeff Phillips

Portrait by Devina Yoestong

Jeff Phillips is a Chicago-based photographic artist who has been passionate about photography for more than 35 years. He serves as a member of the board of directors of Filter Photo, and for the past nine years has helped produce the annual Filter Photo Festival. His photographs have been exhibited and published internationally through a variety of media channels including books, newspapers, and magazines. Phillips has presented and lectured about his work at South by Southwest (SXSW), Society for Photographic Education (SPE), ASMP Midwest, and other venues including Pecha Kucha in Chicago and at Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. Phillips is the creator of Lost and Found: The Search for Harry and Edna (harryandedna.com), a vernacular photography and social media experiment that became a traveling exhibition and subsequently received international media attention for its content and production.

http://www.jeffphillips.me/

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Jeff Phillips is a Chicago-based photographic artist who has been passionate about photography for more than 35 years. He serves as a member of the board of directors of Filter Photo, and for the past nine years has helped produce the annual Filter Photo Festival. His photographs have been exhibited and published internationally through a variety of media channels including books, newspapers, and magazines. Phillips has presented and lectured about his work at South by Southwest (SXSW), Society for Photographic Education (SPE), ASMP Midwest, and other venues including Pecha Kucha in Chicago and at Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. Phillips is the creator of Lost and Found: The Search for Harry and Edna (harryandedna.com), a vernacular photography and social media experiment that became a traveling exhibition and subsequently received international media attention for its content and production.

http://www.jeffphillips.me/

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Portrait by Devina Yoestong

Previous Residency

Jim Iska & Nicholas Senn High School

Next Residency

Justin Schmitz & Taft High School

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