Local celebrity, Robin Williams, features in a mural created by Jerkface and Owen Dippie at 2051 Milwaukee AvenueA yellow umbrella on W Adams Street as the morning traffic builds'Chicago' and the Stars and Stripes in the main hall at Union Station on a Sunday morning.'Muddy Waters artwork by Eduardo Kobra on State StreetThe rather cliched 'snap' of the Chicago Theatre sign...with yellow taxi and empty officeCouple in long, dark coats and a green 'Park' signMiro's 12 meter tall statue against a backdrop of office windows in Brunswick Plaza.34 people reflected in the 'Bean'A sculpture in the garden of the Institute of Art with an advertisement for a Warhol exhibition140 W North La Salle Street in sunlight and shadow'The best burgers in Chicagoland'07.00hrs and -8 degrees as a man in a red hat walks briskly across Wells Street bridge2 sofas beneath the rail tracks on N Halstead Street.4 people ( not) looking at Warhol's 'Elvis' at the Institute of ArtDali'-esque reflections in winter sunlight and a white coat on E Illinois StreetBy the side of the Chicago RiverRed, white and blue. A Ford Mustang stands in the snow watched over by Robin Williams on N Milwaukee Avenue.'Live a colourful life' in the West Loop of ChicagoBy the side of Federal Plaza a leafless tree stands lit up by the sunlight and surrounded by the darkness of the adjacent skyscrapers.'Cloud Gate' covered in snowWalking on the Nichols Bridgeway towards the Institute off Art on a pale grey morningA pale blue coat and snowflakes on Jackson Street with the slogan, 'Chicago, go have fun'.A face at Crown Fountain as the snow fallsCloud Gate and a couple embracingThe ' Flamingo' and the Stars and Stripes standing still as the snow starts to fall'Warning' : A moose blowing lilac bubblegumA jogger with a red hat and a white truck in front of the Willis TowerPhotographing a selfie -taker at 'The Bean''The legs' Grant ParkThe 'Flamingo' and a Stars and Stripes with a backdrop of a dark Federal PlazaCrossing the bridge at La Salle
Simon Allen is a street photographer, having traveled to New York, Rome, London, Manchester, Bologna, Naples and Melbourne, amongst many other major world cities, representing the real wonder of the urban environment through his photography.
