Credentials: A native of Naperville, photographer and artist Peter
Hoffman has worked with
Bloomberg Businessweek, Der Spiegel,
The
Guardian,
Monocle magazine,
The New York Times, The Wall Street
Jo
u
r
n
al,
and more.
Behind the story: "Ted Gonder ['Pocket
Ch
a
n
g
e',
page 80] was a great subject to work with—he's maybe the
first person from LA who told me he actually appreciates Chicago
winters, so I've got to give him respect for that. I also found out we
both were inf luenced by skateboarding and snowboarding while
growing up and have the injury stories and the scars to prove it. I
think that skateboarding has the potential to really foster ingenuity
and creativity in people, and Ted is a great example of that."
Favorite spot in Chicago: "The entirety of Lake Michigan. There
are a lot of
great things about the city, but I don't think you can beat
the natural resource that is one of the main reasons that Chicago is
where it is."
His inspiration: "
A
s a p
h
o
tographer,
the one thing that
I'm extremely curious about is how people affect the landscape and
environment, and vice versa, and how I can address these issues
photographically."
Peter Hoffman
photographer
...witHout wHom
this issue would not have been possible
Photo:
Stephan
Gladieu
at
The
Drake
Hotel,
Chicago
Expect The Unexpected
Expect The Unexpected
Photographed for
Figaro Magazine,
Paris
