"The Northside doesn’t touch on the iconic Chicago downtown, the city’s famous neighborhoods, or urban issues reported in the media. I kept to ordinary, street-side landmarks. This generic middle-American city, where I live."

–Allen Wheatcroft

The images in The Northside were taken in the northern reaches of Chicago, and beyond, between 2020 and 2023. During the pandemic Wheatcroft set out intentionally to look closely, and as though for the first time, at familiar neighborhoods. To do this, he explored the part of the city he's called home for 15 years. Staying within the northern communities of the Chicago area, he made intuitive connections – about what and where to photograph, to give him new ways of seeing familiar landmarks and places.

Book Details:

Special edition will include a 8.5 x 11 inch print of one of the images shown based on purchaser preference.

ISBN:978-1-959684-04-6
Dimensions: 6.54 x 9.6 inches
Number of pages: 112 and 2 foldouts 
Binding: Swiss hardcover