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.

Sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes talk on the phone during a Thanksgiving meal and gathering at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park on Thanksgiving on Nov. 23, 2023.

Photos: Thanksgiving in Chicagoland

November 25, 2023 at 1:15 a.m.

Sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes talk on the phone during a Thanksgiving meal and gathering at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park on Thanksgiving on Nov. 23, 2023....

The 89th annual Chicago Thanksgiving Parade

November 23, 2023 at 10:53 p.m.

A giant balloon of Animal from "The Muppet Show" is carried down State Street during the 89th annual Chicago Thanksgiving Parade on Nov. 23, 2023. Performers entertain during the 89th...

Sofia Salinas walks along the fenced-in area that was to become a migrant tent encampment near her home in the Brighton Park neighborhood, Dec. 14, 2023, in Chicago. Salinas and her neighbors are concerned about the presence of ground chemicals on the site that prevented the encampment from opening. She said all of the construction that had been completed was taken down fully by the previous night.

Photos: Pritzker stops Brighton Park migrant camp

December 15, 2023 at 6:51 p.m.

Sofia Salinas walks along the fenced-in area that was to become a migrant tent encampment near her home in the Brighton Park neighborhood, Dec. 14, 2023, in Chicago. Salinas and...

Chicago firefighters Alan Negron, Eugene Shim and Markeith Jenkins unfurl an American flag to observe the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, during a remembrance ceremony at Engine 42 Station, Sept. 11, 2023.

Photos: Remembering 9/11

September 11, 2023 at 4:36 p.m.

Chicago firefighters Alan Negron, Eugene Shim and Markeith Jenkins unfurl an American flag to observe the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, during a remembrance ceremony at...

Brian Patel, owner of the Skyline Motel in the suburban town of McCook for the past 30 years, surveys storm damage in one of the motel rooms on July 13, 2023.

Photos: Severe weather strikes Chicago

July 18, 2023 at 12:08 a.m.

Brian Patel, owner of the Skyline Motel in the suburban town of McCook for the past 30 years, surveys storm damage in one of the motel rooms on July 13,...

Luis Gomez plays the part of Jesus Christ as he carries the cross followed by hundreds of faithful during a reenactment of the Way of the Cross down the streets of the city's South Chicago community on Good Friday.

Photos: Living Way of the Cross on Good Friday in Chicago

April 8, 2023 at 12:30 a.m.

Hundreds participate in the Living Way of the Cross on Good Friday in the South Chicago community on April 7, 2023.

Chicago Fire Department supervisors stand in formation for a walk-through during the visitation for Chicago firefighter Lt. Jan Tchoryk at Cumberland Chapels, April 12, 2023, in Norridge. Tchoryk, who died on April 5, was one of two back-to-back line of duty firefighter deaths the previous week.

Photos: Veteran fire lieutenant dies following extra-alarm blaze at Gold Coast high-rise

April 13, 2023 at 1:19 a.m.

Chicago Fire Department supervisors stand in formation for a walk-through during the visitation for Chicago firefighter Lt. Jan Tchoryk at Cumberland Chapels, April 12, 2023, in Norridge. Tchoryk, who died...

Police look at a bullet-ridden Jeep outside Garfield Beauty Supply, 1616 W. 63rd. St., March 16, 2023.

Shooting victims run into Englewood beauty supply for help: fire officials, witness

March 16, 2023 at 7:53 p.m.

A shooting in the Englewood neighborhood sent at least two people to a hospital after good Samaritans inside a beauty supply store came to their aid Thursday afternoon, said a...

Sandra Vasquez, center, is encircled by family in prayer on March 28, 2023, after being released from the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in Aurora. She was found guilty of vehicular homicide in the 2007 deaths of five Oswego teens.

Photos: Sandra Vasquez free after serving nearly 13 years for 2007 deaths of five Oswego teens

March 28, 2023 at 7:50 p.m.

Sandra Vasquez is released from the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in Aurora and becomes a free woman for the first time in nearly 13 years. She was in prison...

A never ending flow of customers inside Weber's Bakery on Chicago's Southwest Side, to buy their Fat Tuesday paczki, Feb. 21, 2023.

Photos: Paczki Day in Chicago

February 22, 2023 at 1:54 a.m.

A never ending flow of customers inside Weber's Bakery on Chicago's Southwest Side, to buy their Fat Tuesday paczki, Feb. 21, 2023. Strawberry paczki at Weber's Bakery on Feb. 21,...

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