Who Are We?
Photography Instruction for Everyone
Richard Stromberg taught photography classes at the legendary Jane Addams Center at Belmont & Broadway for 33 years. In 2001, Hull House sold the Center, so Richard, with a cadre of students and volunteers, started the Chicago Photography Center on Lincoln Avenue.
Richard and his merry band built the Center – quite literally. Together, they designed and built out the space and opened for business in 2003, with Richard as program director and lead instructor. Then, in the fall of 2008, the new board of directors fired Richard for "philosophical differences." (Don't get him started. OK, ask him if you want to.)
Richard left the Center determined to start again, and many of the volunteer staff followed suit soon after.
Now, after a lifetime of bringing affordable photography instruction to anyone, regardless of income or skill level, Richard is at it again.
In February of 2009, Richard and his teachers and volunteers opened
for business as Richard Stromberg's Chicago Photography Classes.
The new location is on the mid-North side of Chicago: 500 feet from
the Irving Park El stop on the CTA Brown Line. 10 minutes west from
Lake Shore Drive and 15 minutes east from 90/94 on Irving Park Road
at the North East Corner of Ravenswood Avenue (4001 North Ravenswood
Avenue, 1st Floor)
Richard's plan: Translate 46 years of photojournalism and
40 years of teaching to offer comprehensive classes – for everyone
– at competitive prices.
Why
are classes Different at Chicago Photography Classes?
Maybe You've Read About Richard in the News.
Read
the story for yourself.
From the Chicago Reader, November 27, 2008
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