Welcome to Expositions, a home for innovation, voice, and vision

We are the University of Chicago’s premier Environmental and Urban Studies magazine.

Join us as we explore the world from Chicago and beyond through writing, photography, and illustration.

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Expositions launched in 2021 to publish environmental and urban studies journalism. We center writing and photography that investigates the heart of our diverse cities and ecosystems. We love the probing, the voicey, the innovative, and the sharply drawn.

Join us on our mission to share the work of young writers, artists, urbanists, and environmentalists.

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American Climate Famine

American Climate Famine

At first the changes were barely perceptible. Gaps here and there in the supermarket shelves, the occasional hoarder filling their cart with mountains of food.   Then the fruits and vegetables disappeared. The supermarkets became crowded and hectic, and squabbles...

Verdugo Gardens

Verdugo Gardens

The form of the rocket ship only becomes a part of the landscape when something has gone irretrievably wrong.    Circle around it for a moment, listening, hoping bat-like that a stray noise will give shape to its unfathomably shrouded interior.    See the...

Acceptance Through Subterfuge at 5458 S. Everett Avenue 

Acceptance Through Subterfuge at 5458 S. Everett Avenue 

Everett Avenue begins at the entrance to a limestone palace guarded by rows of stone goddesses and Ionic columns. The street runs for three blocks before it comes to a dead end in a shaded cul-de-sac. The neat rows of three-story brick apartment buildings, parked...