Jason M. Peterson Spotlight: Chicago Exhibition

With his cinematic vision attracting over 1 million followers, Jason M. Peterson makes his gallery debut with photographs that turn the city of Chicago into a visceral story of the human condition dwarfed by the urban environment.

Shot in black and white, his work captures moments of stillness within the movement of urban life—where a lone figure becomes the central character of a scene suspended in time.
Stripped of color, the focus becomes human.

For more than three decades, M. Peterson has explored how scale, shadow, and structure express what words can’t. His compositions are rooted in architecture but grounded in feeling—images that convey solitude, rhythm, and connection through the balance of light and void.
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An iPhone, a DLSR, and a Perspective

Jason M. Peterson’s signature style began with an iPhone—quick, instinctive, and unrestricted. In those early years, he captured countless moments on his phone, though only one in twenty would make it to publication. That immediacy shaped the foundation of his vision: finding beauty in what’s unplanned.

Today, his work is created primarily on Leica and DSLR cameras, yet the approach remains unchanged. Whether captured on a phone or a professional lens, each photograph carries the same cinematic stillness and architectural rhythm that define his voice.
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Jason M. Peterson, Talking to angels, counting the stars, 2016
Who is Jason M. Peterson?

Jason M. Peterson is a Chicago-based photographer and creative director whose black and white images have redefined how we see the modern city. With over one million followers drawn to his cinematic compositions, M. Peterson’s work balances architectural precision with raw human emotion. Jason's photographs strip the city to its essentials—light, form, and feeling—revealing moments of solitude within vast urban structures.

Before turning his lens fully toward fine art, M. Peterson spent decades shaping visual culture as a creative director, crafting campaigns that influenced how people experience imagery in the digital age. That discipline and design instinct now inform his photography. Each frame carries the tension between control and spontaneity, scale and intimacy. Whether viewed on a grand gallery wall or a phone screen, his images hold the same power: timeless, immediate, and unmistakably his.

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