The many scenes and faces of the Argyle Night Market

The Argyle Night Market is a weekly street festival held on summer Thursdays in Uptown’s Argyle Street, and it’s a vibe. It attracts people of all stripes, incomes, and ages, and it’s the subject of a new installation of photos, called “Faces of Argyle.” “The market is like no other market I’ve experienced in Chicago,” said Ronit Bezalel, the photographer behind the exhibit. Bezalel’s photos were curated by visual artist and writer Riva Lehrer and are on display at Everybody’s Coffee on Wilson Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood. They include posed portraits of joy and lives well-lived as well as candid shots of the spectrum of people enjoying the festival. In this episode Bezalel and Lehrer tell Erin Allen about the Night Market, their Uptown community, and the stunning photographs that came out of both.