Justin Schmitz
& Taft High School
Justin Schmitz & Taft High School

Justin Schmitz, Taft High School, High School, Northside Schools, High Schools, 2019,
Justin Schmitz, Taft High School, High School, Northside Schools. High Schools, 2019,
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Project Overview

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  • Artist — Justin Schmitz

  • School — William H. Taft High School

  • Neighborhood — Norwood Park

Justin Schmitz is spending his year photographing at Taft High School. He spent most of his energy photographing at large events like Friday night football games and dances. The Taft Homecoming dance was an event where Schmitz made the photographs that most closely represent what he is looking for as an artist.

“Being a teenager feels like being pulled in multiple directions. The internal evolution of thoughts, ideas and feelings are confronted with the outward physical transformations that mark any teenage experience. My interest in youth culture stems from a desire to see the outward markers of this change in an attempt to understand the internal emotional experiences.”

 

Meet the Artist

Justin Schmitz

Justin Schmitz Photographer

Justin Schmitz is a Chicago-based photographer. He is the recipient of the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, The Tierney Fellowship, City of Chicago CAAP Grant, Albert P. Weisman Scholarship, and The Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship. A collection of his work was part of the Mid-West Photographers Project at the Museum of Contemporary Photography.  He was runner-up for the Photography Book Now Prize, and a finalist for the Honickman First Book Prize.

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Justin Schmitz is a Chicago-based photographer. He is the recipient of the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, The Tierney Fellowship, City of Chicago CAAP Grant, Albert P. Weisman Scholarship, and The Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship. A collection of his work was part of the Mid-West Photographers Project at the Museum of Contemporary Photography.  He was runner-up for the Photography Book Now Prize, and a finalist for the Honickman First Book Prize.

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Justin Schmitz Photographer

Previous Residency

John Preus & Sullivan High School

Next Residency

Marzena Abrahamik & Michele Clark Magnet High School

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