Art by jno Cook

@jnocook.bsky.social

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Photographs and other works by Chicagoan jno Cook (1940-2018). Curated by @georgecook.bsky.social.

Black and white photograph of plants in a window.
Black and white photo of a 1964 Ford Coutry Sedan station wagon, parked on Clifton Avenue in Chicago.
Black and white photograph of a parking lot seen through a glass brick wall. Tree line in the background, overcast sky. Taken 1975.
Black and white photograph of the White House, taken from Lafayette Square, directly across Pennsylvania Avenue. Young girl lying in the grass in the foreground. A bus, cars, and pedestrians pass by. Winter, 1975.
Black and white photograph of three girls dressed in polka dot tops and dance gear, looking off camera for directions. Somewhere in Chicago.
Black and white photograph of plastic pinwheels hanging off a porch post, a couple spinning. Looking down to next door neighbor's back yard. Taken near Ravenswood and Grace in Chicago.
Black and white photograph of woman in a coat looking cold. Probably going to miss that LIHEAP help this winter.
Black and white photograph of a small boy holding a toy pistol, standing in front of a log with an embedded ax. A car (Jaguar) in the background with its back trunk open. In between is a campfire with a pot of dishes.
Black and white photo of a smiling child in a crib, unaware of the profiteering from human suffering going on around him.
Black and white photography of woman lying in bed smoking a cigarette while her young daughter stands next to the bed in a bathrobe.
Black and white photo of of twisted, abandoned train cars.
Black and white photography of small boy kneeling, hands on thighs, listening to someone off camera spew some crap about "thoughts and prayers."
Black and white photo of a cockroach, dead and on back. Flourishes where there is vibrant economic activity (and food).
Black and white photo of boy listening to some crap about how violently deporting our neighbors will somehow make me safer.
Black and white photo of black cat, upper torso, with paw up, looking irritated, probably because he doesn't like wasteful, hateful spending and grift.
Black and white photograph of small child leaning on table, thinking about all the people who are going to suffer because Republicans want to please their Fuhrer.
Black and white photograph of a child's face, looking sad and disappointed that the Republicans would mortgage her future.
Black and white head shot of young girl. You took away my healthcare to pay for WHAT?
Black and white photograph of toddler in high-chair, looking hungry, probably because the SNAP benefits his family was using to eat while between jobs got cut.
Black and white photograph of a toddler who has fallen on the floor next to her (obviously unsafe) stroller. But, you know, regulation is for chumps, so suck it up, Buttercup.
Black and white photograph of newborn. Chicago, 1966. Smells like grift in here.
Black and white photo of swaddled baby, just found out that his neighbor got snatched by masked men.
Black and white photograph of a young girl looking sad as she watches Republicans high-five away her mom's prenatal care.
Black and white photograph of a small girl, standing on a sidewalk, crying or about to cry, probably because the Republicans took away her grandmother's nursing home care and their families' food.
Black and white photo of woman holding a piece of bread, half-eaten, looking at camera. Title from needlepoint on shelf in background.
Black and white photo of clothes hanging from line.
Black and white photograph of toddler in booster seat happy to be getting cake.
Black and white photograph of a gas pipes, blowers, and other components of a furnace for a pottery kiln (not shown).
Black and white photograph of a boy sitting next to his father at a cluttered table, holding some food in his hand and grinning for the camera.
Black and white photo of woman napping with cat on day bed.
Black and white photo of woman lighting cooking stove.
Photo of man standing on porch working on a tall casement window (from St. Gertrude's).
Photo of teenager at a table holding a mug in front of him. He is wearing a Chicago Cubs sweatshirt with a "FUCK THE DRAFT" button attached.
Photo of two teenage boys on a couch. One is leaning forward, listening to headphones and focused on something off camera. The other is over the first preparing to turn up the volume on the headphones.
Photo of teenager putting washed flatware into a dishrack under a head-shot photo of Buck, friend of artist.
Photo of a small boy propping himself up sideways on a back stairwell, eyes closed, holding an old pulley.
Photo of crowd sitting on logs waiting for the Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone National Park.
Photo of woman looking south out the observation window at the Prudential Building. Congress Blvd east of Michigan Avenue visible below.
Photo of a couple people standing/sitting on a convertible in the parking lot of the Jewel while another car with four young women pulls in.
Photo from the front of a CTA train approaching the station at Van Buren and State, demolished in 1975.
Brother at the Sigma Chi Epsilon fraternity at the Illinois Institute of Technology, sitting in chair in his briefs, holding up a beer stein in each hand.
Photograph of a couple. A young lady is smiling for the camera. Her date has an arm around her shoulders with an expression on his face as if he thinks he is going to get lucky.
Photograph of a young girl with a rooster on her shoulder, both looking at camera.
Photograph of toddler with her arms around her smiling mother's head.
Photo of toddler standing in a chair at a cluttered kitchen table, pouring something out of an espresso pot.
Photo of a small girl hanging over the edge of an animal pen at the farm in the zoo at Lincoln Park.