He was a Chicago cop for three decades. Now Peter Bella is capturing the city in photos.
by Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune
Jun 01, 2023
4 minutes
There are tough jobs and there are very tough jobs and then there is the job of being a Chicago cop. That’s what Peter Bella was for nearly 30 years, and that time shadows and informs the life and career he has now, which is a photographer whose first public exhibition opens Friday.
“Yes, I am excited,” he says. “I have already sold a couple of pieces and I guess that makes me a professional artist.”
Born and raised on the North Side, Bella and his parents moved south, where he attended Brother Rice High School on South Pulaski Road. He felt
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