I Am Chicago is an ongoing photo and video documentary project by Adam Novak and Sara Collins. It started in 2009. It consists of full body portraits and video footage of pedestrians in over 30 neighborhoods of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. The photographers used a rental moving truck as a portrait studio utilizing natural light from the translucent roof of the truck. The project attracted the attention of the Chicago Reader in early 2011, when NBC 5 Chicago used the words "We Are Chicago" for their advertising campaign.