Photos

For the past five years, Reema has been dedicated to capturing life and people in Chicago and taking photos alongside her reporting with the Chicago Reader, Block Club Chicago, and South Side Weekly. If you’d like to book her for a portrait session or to shoot an event, please reach out.

Public transit shared stories of grievances they had with Chicago Transit Authority management, including burnout, mistreatment, and wrongful termination—South Side Weekly

Vick Lavender, Joe Morrison and Jerry Morrison pose for a photo outside Bridgeport Records, a new store specializing in house music—Block Club Chicago

Community organizations toured extreme heat solutions, like a permaculture “food forest”—Northwestern University

A Chicagoan shows off his heat sensor to ABC7 during Chicago’s Heat Watch Campaign—Northwestern University

Organizers tell a state legislator how a new criminal justice reform bill could transform our public defense system—The People’s Lobby

DMApothercary’s mom-and-son owners Matthew Walcott and Deirdre Austin pose for a photo at their new tea bar and opened again after a flood—Block Club Chicago

Crystal Gardener shows off some of their seedlings at their year-end showcase with Alexis Burnley at the Garfield Park Conservatory—Block Club Chicago

Co-owner Jerry Morrison DJs for customers at the newly opened Bridgeport Records—Block Club Chicago

A Chicago transit worker protests pay and working conditions at a rally in the west suburbs—South Side Weekly

Daniel Horton and Kyra Woods welcome volunteers to Heat Watch Chicago’s activation day—Northwestern University

Frustrated with public transit service cuts, Commuters Take Action and Better Streets Chicago protest outside CTA headquarters to demand new leadership—Chicago Reader

The “Train the Trainer” gardeners held a showcase at the Garfield Park Conservatory after studying gardening for six months—Block Club Chicago

Reem El Haouat, owner of Orizigh Designs poses outside her Moroccan decor and furniture store—Block Club Chicago

NSAIL student Mame Coumba Ka presents lab research research on combating IP theft—Northwestern University

Northwestern University President Michael Schill talks at a decarbonization event—Northwestern University