Guitar busker Michael Malinowski performs at the Lake Red Line stop to earn extra money on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Malinowski has been busking in Chicago for 10 years. Chronicle photojournalist Amelia Baird, a junior photography major, received an honorable mention for the ICPA’s Ron Wiginton Photo Contest with this entry. The photographers were asked to shoot with the prompt “city block.” Baird is a photojournalist for the Chronicle.