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Urban Quilt: Photography series celebrates Chicago's overlapping architecture

This stunning photography series, quite appropriately entitled Urban Quilt, features Chicago's urban density and its various eras of design, which overlap to create 'a patchwork of history'.

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Vertical view of Chicago's skyline showing layered buildings from different eras, including a historic brown brick building framed between modern glass and steel skyscrapers

Chicago-based Angie McMonigal, grew up in central Wisconsin before moving to the 'windy city' 16 years ago. Through her work she strives to combine her love of the bustling big city, its architecture and her childhood roots in nature to create meditative, contemplative imagery out of the broader urban landscape.

Frequently working with art consultants, designers, architectural firms and private collectors, McMonigal provides "distinctive imagery by drawing out the organic interplay between design, structure, environment and society".

An award-winning fine art photographer, Angie’s work has been internationally exhibited and published. Galleries in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and other destinations have showcased her work. Her images have been published in National Geographic, SHOTS Magazine and Departures Magazine, to name but a few.

Discover more at www.angiemcmonigal.com.

Via direct submission | All images courtesy of Angie McMonigal

Modern white-gridded facade alongside dark brick and red-brick buildings with fire escapes, showcasing Chicago's overlapping architectural eras
Overlapping high-rise office buildings in Chicago's downtown skyline, their rectangular windows creating geometric patterns of light and shadow across glass and brick facades
Modern glass and steel skyscrapers stand adjacent to ornate historic masonry buildings in downtown Chicago's layered urban landscape
Overlapping Chicago skyscrapers with curved and gridded facades in grey, blue and burgundy tones creating an abstract architectural composition
Vertical view of Chicago's layered architecture showing white corrugated metal siding, ornamental glass-block facade and exposed concrete structural elements from different building eras
Vertical white-windowed modernist skyscraper flanked by darker buildings of contrasting architectural styles in Chicago's downtown skyline
Grid of windows on a modernist building facade with reflections of sky and neighbouring skyscrapers, showcasing Chicago's overlapping architectural eras
Cream-coloured neoclassical building with tall columns and rows of windows, overshadowed by dark modern skyscrapers behind it, illustrating Chicago's architectural contrast
Curved balconies of a cream-coloured residential tower rise in layers alongside a dark rectangular building in Chicago's dense urban landscape
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