jeremybrake

R.I.P. Pop Well this has been a hard time for me the past few weeks, my grandfather passed away. My grandfather was a mason, a Shriner, a clown, a good friend and an awesome father/grandfather. He will be immensely missed by everyone that knew him. I’ve been living with him for the past 7 months, part of the reason that I came to Newfoundland was because I knew that if I waited another 5 or […]

Photography is a gift to the viewer. Art should be a gift to the viewer. There is no hidden purpose, no product that I’m trying to sell to you, no hidden agenda with trying to become the most powerful person in the world! Hahah (okay maybe). But seriously, the reason that I take photographs and present them to you is because I want as many people as possible to see and appreciate the lives of

This is one of the best possible things anybody who owns a camera can do (even if it’s your smartphone). Photographs are not pixels. Photographs are moments in time, I believe physical mementos are the best way to remember the things that are important to you. Think about any old antique that you or your family has, now imagine what it would look like as a photograph and you only ever looked at it on

I was watching a documentary called “Herb and Dorothy” about two New York art collectors and there was one line that echoed every fear that I have when it comes to creating art. “I saw other people’s work and it was better than ours, so we stopped making art” This is the single worst thing an artist can do. So many artists have pieces on a gargantuan scale, and love to necessitate  some kind of

For me photography means capturing a moment in time, a moment that deserves to be remembered, a moment that appeals to my visual senses, and through the light reflected off the things in front of me, I try to express the best version of myself. These moments deserve to be remembered. I want the people that look at my photographs to see the beauty in the relatively small part of the world that I capture.