Net Pix

Since the photo-sharing Web site Flickr went online four years ago, it has amassed more than 2 billion photographic images—and nearly 1.9 million of them have a Chicago connection. From an earthbound angel to an eerie nocturnal landscape, here are 13 local pix that click.

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PETER BAKER
(Flickr alias: peterbaker)
Title: Doublemint
Where/When: Chicago Federal Center (Adams Street between Clark and Dearborn); fall 2004
Inspiration: The ratio of police to protesters at an antiwar rally was amazing; it seemed like the protesters were outnumbered four to one, so most of the photos that day were of nothing but cops.

This article appears in the February 2008 issue of Chicago Magazine.

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