Darryll Schiff is one of Chicago’s most influential contemporary artists. Schiff pushes the boundaries of what photography can do; using the camera as a tool to paint with, bend, and use abstractly rather than as a form of documentation.

Schiff’s work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, George Eastman House, Norton Simon Museum, Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Koehnline Museum of Art among other institutions.

"My life has always been about art. Classes when I was young. Artists in the family. Traveling to Brazil, Argentina, Spain, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Israel, Bosnia, Switzerland, Belgium, much time in the USA, and of course, Mexico. Everywhere, art museums. I started drawing at a very early age, sculpted, painted, and then found myself with the camera." - Diego Kahlo

While in school and continuing afterwards, Diego had many jobs, including delivering newspapers, working in restaurants, driving trucks, and all types of sales. However, he never stopped taking pictures. Something that proved to be his inspiration. It was the time Diego spent in Chicago with the artist/photographer Darryll Schiff.