He worked for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1983 to 1999, primarily serving as the paper’s picture editor. He left to found and direct CITY 2000, a project that documented Chicago in the year 2000. Since then, he has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books, including Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home and two books about the beloved photographer Vivian Maier. He also works as a curator, creating photo and exhibitions at Chicago museums. His exhibit Vivian Maier’s Chicago is now in its fourth year at the Chicago History Museum. Richard and Michael Williams are also co-publishers of CityFiles Press, which strives to produce meaningful books that have emotional and artistic impact. They are now at work on a book entitled Un-American, a new look at government photographs that document the internment of Japanese Americans. (May 12, 7pm, Perspective Gallery, 1310 Chicago Ave.)