jeremybrake

This is a story of how photography came into my life. When I was in high school I took a course that dealt with different technology and how to use it. One of the mediums we were taught was photography, and being the nerd that I am I was overwhelmingly interested (like seriously the nerdiest of nerd stuff) in the technical aspects of how cameras worked and the seemingly endless possibilities of cameras aperture controls and shutter […]

Henri Cartier-Bresson was one of the most inspirational photographers that I have ever come across. His photographs show an overflowing respect for the life of the people around him.  When I first saw a photo by Bresson it was like a veil was thrown off of me, every time I took photos before that moment was only a fraction of an experience, with blurred vision that wasn’t fully clear as to what could have been

Today I started a new page on my website. The Newoundland project, a set of\ photographs showing how I interpret the province of Newfoundland. Newfoundland is where me and my family would always go for vacation given that we have family here, and my personal manifesto is to create a beautiful collection of photographs showing Newfoundland, and especially how the cities and towns merge together into the landscape, unlike anywhere I’ve been before. This project probably

Hello friend today I want to talk about a topic that every serious artist should consider, why choose one mode of creating art instead of another? Is there really such a thing as the “highest form of art”   I would argue that the highest form of art is whatever kind the viewer gets the most amount of pleasure from. whether that be painting, sculpting, photography, or any of the other ways to create some

Hello friend! Welcome to my blog, this will be the main place for me to express my ideas, on art, photography, and whatever the hell I’m doing with my life. I’m going to try to update it twice a week, depending on whether life gets in the way. People that have known me for awhile know that this isn’t the first time that I’ve tried to continually update some form of social media, but sooner or