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No More Tents. Sept. 2nd 2021

Posted by jeremybrake on  September 2, 2021
There are no more tents in the Peace and Friendship Park in Halifax. Let’s improve inequity. -Jeremy

Newfoundland Redux

Posted by jeremybrake on  September 1, 2021
Hello friends, today I wanted to write a bit about my series of photographs on the island of Newfoundland. This was the first project that I made as a photographer where I really learned what my own style was. My style is one that mixes people with nature in candid photographs. The definition of candid is no posing or pre planning an image. I just go out and embrace the sights around me.  It’s not

Some thoughts on climate despair

Posted by jeremybrake on  August 31, 2021
I think one of the reasons people feel despair (including myself) about climate change is because the narrative we’re almost always given. A common narrative is that it’s caused by big complicated industries that are integral to the way the world works. Without a slim light to claw at in order to dig out of this hole, I think it’s easy to simply feel unsure and unwell.  Perhaps we’ve been watching too much media that

Telling the present well

Posted by jeremybrake on  August 15, 2021
My time spent practicing as a photographer is for the sake of improving my skills of remembering those around me. The memory that we give to the future depends on our ability to tell the present well. To tell the present well means to have love for what we’re given.

One week of work

Posted by jeremybrake on  August 10, 2021
Hello everyone. Today I just wanted to do a quick post of what I did in one week. I’ve always been steadily photographing my everyday life ever since I first started making photographs. To see what can be done in one week is important because it takes about one month for me to make a good picture. Most of my photos are just the simple act of keeping my tool in line with my eyes,

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