Control Box, Chicago

I'd walked past that yellow control box a dozen times without a second thought. Then one day it clicked. Everybody photographs the train. Nobody photographs the thing sitting six feet from the tracks that's probably been there since before half the buildings behind it went up.

So I waited. I picked the spot, picked the angle, checked the timing on the L. I wanted the box sharp in the foreground and the train coming in behind it, both things doing their job in the same frame. One of them just gets noticed. One of them doesn't.

When the train finally came through, it wasn't luck. It was the shot I went there to get.

That's what this Chicago L print carries into a room.

✔ Free U.S. shipping — arrives in 2-5 business days
✔ Premium matte paper, giclée printed
✔ Shipped rolled and protected in rigid packaging
✔ 100% satisfaction — if something arrives damaged, we make it right

Most popular: 16×20 fits most walls and ships free. Want it to own the room? The 24×36 is $20 more.

Print details

• Unframed (frame shown for styling only)
• Each size individually cropped for the strongest composition

Available sizes
11×14 · 16×20 (most popular) · 24×36 · 28×40

Smaller sizes layer in a gallery wall. Larger sizes own a room.

Quiet, but never unseen.