Michael Abramson

Throughout his long career, his assignments increasingly came from national news publications, such as Time, Forbes, Newsweek, Business Week, Fortune, & Bloomberg.

Notable subjects included Steven Spielberg, Michael Jordan, Ron Howard, Oprah Winfrey, Donald Rumsfeld, Louis Farrakhan, Bill Clinton, and Steve Jobs.

This unique release, Light on the South Side, was nominated in 2010 for a Grammy in the category of Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package.

Following graduation, he and former classmate and business partner, Kathleen Aguilar, were hired to take photos of the Thorne Rooms, one of the most popular exhibits at the Art Institute of Chicago.

A lesser known portfolio is Camera Night, so named for the semi-monthly events held during the 1970s at strip clubs during which amateur photographers would be invited in before evening shows began to take shots of the performers getting ready.

Dance Scene at Perv's House; Photo taken during the mid-1970s on Chicago's South side.