2027 Desktop Calendar

A month by month depiction of Nick Ulivieris 2027 desktop calendar featuring scenes of Chicago

It’s that time of the year again! Here’s a little snippet about each photo in my 2027 desktop calendar. It’ll be on sale soon! JANUARY: I shot this perfect winter scene in late November of 2025 – a couple weeks…

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Soldier Field Fireworks

Orange and blue fireworks shoot off from Soldier Field in Chicago at night Skyscrapers are in the background

It’s hard to imagine a better backdrop for Bears football than the Chicago skyline, isn’t it? I’ve wanted to get this pregame fireworks shot of Soldier Field from Northerly Island for years. Before the Bears-Patriots game on October 22nd, I…

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Promontory Point and Jackson Park in fall

Promontory Point a tree covered peninsula along the Chicago Lakefront juts out into Lake Michigan The trees are various colors of rust orange and red   their fall color has peaked The peninsula is surrounded by the turquoise blue waters of the lake The Chicago skyline is small in the distance while the sky is pink and studded with beautiful clouds

I’m a night owl through and through, which means waking up for sunrise is, generally, not something I do often. BUT, I can swing it this time of year with the later sunrises. The week or two before the time…

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Obama Presidential Center: A look back

An aerial dusk view of the Obama Center library building and parkland at sunset

I had every intention of posting about the Obama Presidential Center around the time it opened, but between multiple visits and a rather overwhelming library of photos, I wasn’t quite sure where to begin. Now that I’m about four months…

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2026 Chicago Marathon

A cityscape photo of LaSalle St canyon in Chicago and the Chicago Board of trade building capping off the street with thousands of Marathon runners in the foreground

After finally getting out to photograph the Chicago Marathon for the first time last year, I was back for round two. It truly is a spectacular civic event, and a great excuse to spend a day wandering the city’s closed…

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Rain in the Loop

Calders Flaming   an orange abstract metal sculpture in Chicago stands in a wet reflective plaza The sculpture is reflected in the rain coating the plazas stone pavers in the evening with buildings in the background

I haven’t gone out specifically to photograph the city in falling rain in a long time. Maybe never, actually, despite photographing countless storms and heading out into blizzard-like conditions. I wanted to catch the city at blue hour, when the…

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O’Hare Terminal 3 Expansion

The tail of an American Airlines passenger jet isn the center of the frame with an airport terminal behind it The sky is a foggy blue

Earlier this summer, Clark Construction and W.E. O’Neil commissioned me to photograph ElevateT3, the Chicago Department of Aviation’s expansion and renovation of O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 3, as part of the airport’s broader modernization program. The assignment spanned everything from…

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The most improbable lightning photo

A view of the Chicago skyline after a storm has passed The sun is shin gin creating a vivid rainbow Meanwhile a lignin bolt strikes a skyscraper

Sometimes the best photos are the ones you can’t plan. After a storm had passed I which I ddidnt’ catch the “big bolt” I hoped for, a rainbow formed. It was a consolation prize. As a train approached, I pulled…

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HQ Residences for OKW Architects

HQ Residences multifamily development in Mount Prospect Illinois designed by OKW Architects showing brick facade

Late last October- and again in early November – I photographed the newly-opened HQ Residences for my friends at OKW Architects. The project is a 6-story, multifamily property with 88 luxury apartments and townhomes, and a cafe — Coco &…

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