PORTFOLIO ARCHIVE

Weddings 7 entries

  1. Erica + AlexWedding video
  2. Janah + OlehWedding teaser

    The full film is not available here yet.

  3. Stephanie + MichaelWedding video
  4. Rachel + JeffWeddings
  5. Arissa + MattWedding film · Fox + Ivory
  6. Laura + MatthewWedding film · Fox + Ivory
  7. Kaitlyn + KyleWedding film · Fox + Ivory

Portraits 15 entries

  1. Chicago lakefront portraitsIndividual portraits
  2. Environmental PortraitsIndividual portraits
  3. Lakefront PortraitsIndividual portraits
  4. Park PortraitIndividual portraits
  5. Outdoor PortraitIndividual portraits
  6. Night portraitsIndividual portraits
  7. Spring PortraitsIndividual portraits
  8. Couple and dog portraitsCouples & paired portraits
  9. Paired portraitsCouples & paired portraits
  10. Family PortraitsFamily portraits
  11. Market DaysGroup portraits
  12. Fashion EditorialFashion portraits
  13. Mother’s Day PortraitsMilestones & occasions
  14. Birthday Picnic PortraitMilestones & occasions
  15. Quinceañera PortraitsMilestones & occasions

Events & Performance 6 entries

  1. Architecture of MemoryPerformance
  2. Reeling Film FestivalEvents & Community
  3. Dark Heaven: ENVYEvents & Community
  4. Chicago Danztheatre Open HouseEvents & Community
  5. A GatheringEvents & Community
  6. Nightlife photographsEvents & Community

    Photo selection not available here yet.

Music 1 entry

  1. Live MusicMusic

Places 3 entries

  1. Forest RoadPlaces
  2. City DetailsStreet / City
  3. Woodland WalkTravel / Nature

Video & Editing 9 entries

  1. Life is Work Donor VideoEditing & post-production
  2. From the FogEditing
  3. Santa CalataCommercial film
  4. Gender Doula InterviewInterview
  5. Push BackStudent video profile
  6. Beach GlassStudent video
  7. Lincoln ParkStudent video
  8. Tracing: A Film on BelongingDocumentary in progress

    The documentary is unfinished. A complete film is not available.

  9. Cutting Up the DressPerformance video edit

    Edit in progress. A finished video is not available.

Writing 19 entries

  1. Peoples Gas oversight at City CouncilMeeting documentation
  2. On Trans Day Of Remembrance, Chicagoans Brace For Struggle Ahead: ‘We Know What It Takes To Fight’Reporting & writing
  3. Mourning without Answer: Deaths of Chicago Trans Women Leave Questions UnansweredWriting sample
  4. Anna NepomucenoReporting & writing
  5. “Water By the Spoonful” a Hit for UW Tacoma TheaterReporting & writing
  6. Putting Writing at the Center of InclusivityReporting & writing
  7. Angela SureshReporting & writing
  8. Elizabeth Bruch: Human Rights from a Cultural PerspectiveReporting & writing
  9. A Day in the Life: Heather RawleyReporting & writing
  10. Turning Adversity into EmpowermentReporting & writing
  11. Worm TaleReporting & writing
  12. If you Haven’t, it’s Time to Check out HilltopWriting sample
  13. Nearly GoneCreative writing
  14. BlebsCreative writing
  15. SomewhereCreative writing
  16. Life for MarsPoetry
  17. A Single Rotting PearPoetry
  18. what is a geoduck?Narrative nonfiction
  19. The popular is political: Milo Yiannopoulos and the new politics of trollingConference abstract

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COUPLE AND DOG PORTRAITS2 photographs

COUPLE AND DOG PORTRAITS

Couples & paired portraits · 2 photographs

A kiss on the head sends their partner into a laugh.
Hands meet across the picnic table. The dog sits between them.
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PAIRED PORTRAITS1 photograph

PAIRED PORTRAITS

Couples & paired portraits · Selected photograph

Two people lean together over a stone balustrade.
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NIGHT PORTRAITS1 photograph

NIGHT PORTRAITS

Individual portraits · Selected photograph

A printed fan opens against a red jacket and city lights.
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MARKET DAYS1 photograph

MARKET DAYS

Group portraits · Selected photograph

Market Days.

Three faces crowd around a bare bulb in the red light.
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LAKEFRONT PORTRAITS3 photographs

LAKEFRONT PORTRAITS

Individual portraits · Three selected photographs

Photography by Zakari Kaletka.

Water beads on the skin beside the rusted lake ladder.
Raised hands cast a band of shade across the eyes.
A neon swimsuit stands out against the water and hazy skyline.

August 2021

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PARK PORTRAIT1 photograph

PARK PORTRAIT

Individual portraits · One selected photograph

Photography by Zakari Kaletka.

A checked white shirt sits against the soft green of the park.

August 2021

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FASHION PORTRAIT1 photograph

FASHION PORTRAIT

Fashion portraits · One selected photograph

Photography by Zakari Kaletka.

Hands pull the pigtails wide above a rainbow-striped collar.

June 2022

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WOODLAND WALK1 photograph

WOODLAND WALK

Travel / Nature · One selected photograph

Photography by Zakari Kaletka.

Starved Rock State Park.

Green branches close over the opening between the canyon walls.

June 2022

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CITY DETAILS1 photograph

CITY DETAILS

Travel / Places · One selected photograph

Photography by Zakari Kaletka.

An empty water-tower frame rises above the sunlit brick.

June 2022

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OUTDOOR PORTRAIT1 photograph

OUTDOOR PORTRAIT

Individual portraits · One selected photograph

Photography by Zakari Kaletka

A person in a gray-and-green shirt looks toward the camera beside a brick wall outdoors.

July 2021

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FOREST ROAD1 photograph

FOREST ROAD

Places · One selected photograph

Photography by Zakari Kaletka

A dirt road runs between tall trees and dark branches.

November 2025

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RACHEL + JEFF1 photograph

RACHEL + JEFF

Weddings · One selected photograph

Photography by Zakari Kaletka

Rachel + Jeff’s wedding.

Two guests stand together beneath the string lights.

July 2022

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BIRTHDAY PICNIC PORTRAIT1 photograph

BIRTHDAY PICNIC PORTRAIT

Milestones & occasions · One selected photograph

Photography by Zakari Kaletka

Birthday picnic.

Smiling in a birthday headband beside the red hammock.

June 2022

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CHICAGO LAKEFRONT PORTRAITS3 photographs

CHICAGO LAKEFRONT PORTRAITS

Individual portraits · Three selected photographs

Photography by Zakari Kaletka

Chicago lakefront, summer 2026.

One arm arcs overhead during a lakeside balance.
Both palms press into the clover beneath a raised chest.
Looking toward the camera with hands clasped above the grass.

July 2026

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Photography by Zakari Kaletka