Quad Cities #23
  • photo essay

decorative header image from Volume VII Issue 2 · Spring 2021

William Ojendyk recently sent Rootstalk a collection of nightime photographs he took during a trip to the Quad Cities region, an area which comprises a complex of cities at the Iowa-Illinois border, on the Mississippi River—an area which, despite its name, includes five main cities: Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in Illinois, and Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. We will feature more of these photographs in a future issue; for now, we offer this image, taken on the Illinois side of the river. Rootstalk leaf-bug icon marking the end of the article's text.

Quad Cities #21, Hillsdale, Illinois, April 30, 2021

Quad Cities #21, Hillsdale, Illinois, April 30, 2021

"Quad Cities #39." Photograph by William Ojendyk, from his "Quad Cities at Night" series. This image appears in print as part of [Volume VIII, Issue 1 (Spring 2022)](https://rootstalk.grinnell.edu/volume-viii-issue-1) of Rootstalk

“Quad Cities #39.” Photograph by William Ojendyk, from his “Quad Cities at Night” series. This image appears in print as part of Volume VIII, Issue 1 (Spring 2022) of Rootstalk

About Photographer William Ojendyk
Portrait image of photographer William Ojendyk.
William Ojendyk holds degrees from Western Washington University, The University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. During the day, he works in risk management for a bank. He lives in downtown Chicago with his wife, two kids, and dog.