{"id":50979,"date":"2017-02-23T20:34:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T02:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=50979"},"modified":"2017-03-07T14:41:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T20:41:16","slug":"chicago-photographer-makes-art-out-of-simplicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-photographer-makes-art-out-of-simplicity\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago photographer makes art out of simplicity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Lauren Baker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Jason McCoy is a Chicago photographer who has been featured in Ebony Magazine and shoots both fashion and portrait photography. 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