The Photography of Joe Weinshenker

JOE WEINSHENKER IS ONE OF CHICAGOS ORIGINAL PREMIERE CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHERS.  HIS CAREER SPANS 40 YEARS WORKING WITH RECORDING ARTISTS, TV AND MOTION PICTURE STARS, INTERNATIONAL MODELS AND LOCAL / NATIONAL POLITICIANS.
 
JOE HAS HAD A CAMERA IN HIS HANDS SINCE HE COULD CRAWL.  WHILE IN HIS TEENS, HE WAS HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR SEVERAL RUSH STREET NIGHT CLUBS AND A LOCAL P.R. FIRM (JOAN McGRATH AND ASSOC.).  AT THE AGE OF TWELVE HE WAS BEFRIENDED BY WORLD FAMOUS ACTOR, ART EXPERT AND MASTER CHEF VINCENT PRICE.
 
OVER THE YEARS JOE HAS WORKED  WITH THE THE INDUSTRIES TOP ARTISTS.  AMONG THEM ARE:  THE WORLDS GREATEST RADIO PERSONALITY - MANCOW MULLER, ELTON JOHN, ELVIS PRESLEY, THE WHO, KISS, QUEEN, ROD SERLING (THE TWILIGHT ZONE , NIGHT GALLERY), CHRISTOPHER LEE (COUNT DUKOO - STAR WARS II : ATTACK OF THE CLONES), SEAN CONNERY, CLINT EASTWOOD, MAUDE ADAMS (OCTOPUSSY IN THE JAMES BOND MOVIE OCTOPUSSY), JOHN WAYNE, LAUREN HUTTON,  STAN MALINOWSKI ( MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER ), CYBIL SHEPARD, DEREK AND VERONIKA OF NARCISSE DESIGNS, PHIL DONAHUE, REV. JESSIE JACKSON, CHICAGO MAYOR RICHARD DAILY,  PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, JEROLD FORD,  JIMMY CARTER,  RONALD REGAN AND  GEORGE BUSH SR..
 
JOE OWNS AND OPERATES HIS PHOTO STUDIO CAMERA 1.  LOCATED ON CHICAGO'S NORTHWEST SIDE IN THE OLD IRVING PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.  HE IS ALSO SPECIAL EVENTS AND STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER FOR NARCISSE DESIGNS.