Antonio Perez

Antonio Perez is a photojournalist with the Chicago Tribune since 2003. He covers news, general assignments and features. Chicago born and raised, he has participated in several Chicago based documentary projects including Americanos, Latino Life in the U.S., CITY 2000, and Focus Infinity.

Former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa autographs a baseball jersey for 8-year-old Ryan Hopkins, who is the son of Ald. Hopkins, at the Chicago Fire Department firehouse Engine 98/Ambulance 11. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Photos: Former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa donates $10,000 to two Chicago first responders charities

September 27, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Former Cubs star Sammy Sosa presented a $10,000 donation to two first responder charities — EMWQ Widows & Children's Fund and Light the Line — at the Chicago Fire Department...

Saul Djavaheri Forkash, 5, from San Francisco, looks over Wacker Drive during a downtown Chicago downpour, Sept. 24, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)

Photos: Weather system moves into Chicago area

September 24, 2024 at 7:49 p.m.

Chicago area received rain nearly all day Tuesday.

Battalion Chief Jake Jakubec rings the ceremonial bell as Chicago Fire Department and elected officials mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks during a memorial tribute on Sept. 11, 2024, outside Engine 42 fire station in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Photos: 9/11 anniversary marked in Chicago

September 11, 2024 at 1:47 p.m.

The Chicago Fire Department marks the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Wednesday morning outside the Engine 42 fire station on the city's Near North Side.

First graders line up on the first day back to school at Chalmers Elementary Specialty School on Aug. 26, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Photos: First day of school drop-offs at Chicago Public Schools

August 27, 2024 at 7:53 a.m.

After many Chicago Public Schools families across the city dropped their children off at school, most parents and students had mixed feelings about the first day of school. At Chalmers...

An honor guard carries the casket out after the funeral for Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca on April 29, 2024, at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Photos: The visitation and funeral for Chicago police officer Luis Huesca

April 30, 2024 at 7:17 a.m.

Photos from the Sunday visitation and funeral on April 29, 2024, for slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood. Huesca...

The final sections of Ryan Field at Northwestern University are demolished on April 17, 2024, in Evanston. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Photos: Final sections of Northwestern’s Ryan Field are demolished in Evanston

April 18, 2024 at 9:51 a.m.

Demolition of Northwestern University’s 98-year-old Ryan Field began on Feb. 16. The new Ryan Field is part of a $480 million donation from the family of Patrick and Shirley Ryan...

Jesus,” played by Tony Diaz, carries a cross down 18th Street followed by hundreds of people in a Good Friday Via Crucis procession in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on March 29, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Photos: Via Crucis procession on Good Friday

April 1, 2024 at 2:04 p.m.

A large crowd came out for the annual Good Friday Via Crucis procession in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.

Mario Garcia puts out signage before opening the doors for early voting at the Chicago Board of Elections' Loop Super Site on Feb. 15, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Photos: Early voting begins in Chicago

February 15, 2024 at 4:35 p.m.

Early voting started on Feb. 15, 2024, at the Chicago Board of Elections' Loop Super Site on Clark Street in downtown Chicago.

Nicole Bogash and her son Ryder, 5, look on as the Kankakee River floods the nearby banks and portions of Wilmington's downtown area, affecting several business across the river, on Jan. 26, 2024. Bogash said the flooding was the worst she'd ever seen and that she couldn't get her son to school because of it.

Photos: Kankakee River flooding has spurred evacuations

January 26, 2024 at 6:33 p.m.

Nicole Bogash and her son Ryder, 5, look on as the Kankakee River floods the nearby banks and portions of Wilmington's downtown area, affecting several business across the river, on...

A Joliet police officer survey a crime scene on Jan. 23, 2024, at a home in the 2200 block of West Acres Road, one of the three locations where eight people were shot to death two days earlier.

Photos: Eight people found dead in multiple Joliet shootings

February 1, 2024 at 6:26 p.m.

A man wanted in the fatal shootings of eight people in the Joliet area was found dead late Jan. 22, 2024, by U.S. Marshals in Texas after he took his...

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