Steve Scap Photography

Hailing from the city of wind, Steve Scap loves to talk about himself in the third person. When he's not misusing tenses, Steve is busy photographing, designing, and watching tv shows on dvd...ing. Our protagonist has had a long standing relationship with photography. From his early days photographing his bicycle and baseball card collection, to his modern day endeavors shooting concerts and portraits, Steve lives to create. He's had a passion for flashin' since film was in fashion. A self-proclaimed "21st century digital boy," he's on top of the latest digital photography tools and techniques, but still likes to get dirty in the darkroom. Steve has had his work featured in art galleries.

Steve is available for assignments worldwide!

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I shot actor Steven Hugh Nelson’s latest head shots a few weeks back in good ol’ Wicker Park. Keep an eye out for him in Showtime’s “Shameless” as well as The Chicago Code!

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A great story about The Fireside Bowl, a vital part of Chicago’s punk-rock scene in the 90’s.

Vivian Maier: Uncovered Street Photography Archive


Self Portrait - Vivian Maier

Around late 2008, John Maloof, a Chicago photographer purchased a lot of 20-30 thousand negatives, including some 1000 undeveloped rolls of film, from a small auction house in Chicago.  The photos were taken by French-born street photographer Vivian Maier. Little is known about Vivian, but John has managed to uncover a few facts about her.

John was able to find someone at the famous Chicago camera store, Central Camera, who remembered Vivian and then was also able to contact a family she worked for as a nanny during the 1950s and early 1960s. Vivian was born in France and moved to New York in the early 1930s, where she worked in a sweatshop when she was 11 or 12 years old.

Most of Vivian’s photos were taken in and around Chicago and give a black and white view of life in a post-war urban environment.

John Maloof found Vivian’s name on an envelope of negatives and decided to Google her name.  Sadly, the only result was her obituary, posted a few days prior.  It’s a shame that Vivian never shared her work during her lifetime, but luckily John is processing and posting her work on his blog. View Vivian Maier’s work at: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work.

Ryan Budds DVD Cover

I had a lot of fun working with Ryan Budds for my latest shoot.  Based on a closing-joke of Ryan’s, he decided to name his upcoming DVD “No Wrong Way.”  The hardest part about this shoot was finding a Wrong Way sign.  In a city like Chicago, you’d expect to see these everywhere, but besides on highway off-ramps, this is the only one we could find!

Check out Ryan’s website and buy his new DVD when it comes out!

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