jeremybrake

The Human Experience Through Life on the Street.

  All humans have a biological need to express themselves. It’s not a want, it’s an absolute need. There’s no way to get out of the fact we’re all expressing who we are through being on the street. I should note that this expression isn’t made for anyone elses entertainment. It’s a purely individual pursuit, and any comment on it will be superfluous. These are just some thoughts I had on what it’s like interacting […]

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Thoughts on making Abstract Photos

Why make abstract photos? Why make the subject harder to see?  I think one of the things people don’t like about making abstract photos is that you can go too far with it and the photograph doesn’t show anything interesting. But what if we think about it differently? What if by making the subject harder to understand we make our images more interesting? What if we make abstract photos that have more content than normal

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Photographing nature during a pandemic.

 What more do we need than a space to admire nature?  Henri Cartier-Bresson once said something along the lines of “There are so many important stories going on in the world, and Ansel Adams is photographing trees.” I think that’s an important thing to think about. We all decide what matters to us in life. We get to choose what we pay attention to. Today there are important stories going on with regards to black

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How will street photography change after covid?

How will street photography change after covid? I think people are going to look at the history of street photography a bit differently after covid. We’ll see images of crowds gathering and our entire generation will have a slight cringe, a reminder of being near people and the potential for germs and viruses to spread. Many street photographers (Gary Winogrand, Walker Evans, and Louis Faurer to name a few) made images documenting the uneasiness of

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In Praise of Public Gatherings

As a photographer I’ve been photographing events for six years now. What brings me back to them? I think there’s something magical about being in a group of people. As a child I had great memories of seeing the tall ships with the crowds of people and the various spectacles. Or the groups that go to the fireworks. As a kid I rolled down the hill with my brother and we got separated from my

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