ABOUT
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| ABOUT |
| I've been creating images for as long as I can remember. When I was 12 I found my fathers old Fuji 35mm buried in a closet at my childhood home in Massachusetts. My father taught me some of the basics of operating the camera. From then on I was obsessed, I then slowly set out to learn as much as possible. My high school photo teacher, Alice Solorow made me realize how much breath photography has. She also showed me that I could actually do this for the rest of my life and make a living at it. At the time I was studying journalistic and cultural photographers, like Glen E. Freidman and Eugene Smith. I took from them the basic rule that you can only capture or create your moments by seamlessly understanding the mechanics of your craft and yourself. After high school I attended the Rochester Institute Of Technology. The enormous selection of equipment and studios coupled with my defiant attitude I found myself in the darkrooms and studios late into the evenings. I would quiet often wake up on the floor with Polaroid chemicals stuck to my clothing. I don't think my professors ever fully understood what to do with me nor I to with them. I discovered most of my knowledge and creative drive came from working at the school in the equipment room and camera repair department. Formal education was never a great place for me, I hated being forced into learning a certain way. But I still ended up graduating with a BFA in Imaging Arts and Science and a Minor in Art History. I was anxious to start my career and left Rochester. In the middle of a blizzard I packed my car and drove cross-country in a rash move to Los Angeles. For the next year I spent my time working for free or for very little just to be on set learning from some of the best in the business. L.A. isn't for everyone or more accurately it's not for most east coasters. After just a year I moved to NYC and the east coast mentality. NYC has been my home since. It is here that I find the underlying grit enabling the growth and emotional connection of my work. Everyone has a quiet composure, a strength that I can only describe and as our animal instincts and drive for success. All emotions fall to this ideal, we cannot control our emotions but merely our reactions to them. In my work I try to pull out these feelings. Everyone shows this no matter and what I feel is our true selves.My logo is an old Rollie Flex with the camera name replaced by the word “DOOMED”. I feel as though I am destined to make images, for people to feel an emotional connection in my work. For better or worse I am DOOMED to be a photographer…… jason. jason. |