December 14, 2021

Posted on December 14, 2021January 15, 2022 Posted in PhotographsTagged black and white photography, color photography, fine art photography, New York City, New York City art, New York City art gallery, photo journal, photography, street photographyLeave a comment

News – Upcoming Group Show

My collaborative self-portrait with my eldest kitten, Sasha, was accepted by AHA Fine Art for the upcoming group show , “Cat Daddy”. Co-curated by Jody MacDonald.
Open Reception is this Friday, December 17, 6-9pm. At 56 Bogart St., Brooklyn.
On view Dec. 17-Jan. 16

Journal

I feel frustrated with working 6-7 days a week at the moment.

I’m trying to take photos everyday again.

Making art gives me that distance away from thinking about my self-confidence, worrying about if I’m good enough.

It feels like being suspended in the place I go to when I sleep. I make something that seems familiar, or something what I want to see.

And having my photos small & accessible to me is like having one’s keys in their pockets. I like to go back and visit. My worlds, my collection of artifacts.

Made in December last week, outside of work near Pier 36

Made in November, photos taken in October, perhaps? The self-portrait was definitely taken on a separate day.

Research & Inspiration

On Photographs by David Company

“Alec Soth: A Pound of Pictures” (YouTube)

Cat Craffam

African American Art by Sharon F. Patton

Giles Corey (Album) by Giles Corey

“Little Dark Age” by MGMT

Photography Zines

Sizz

Black & White vs Colour, a debate that never was

The Anonymous Project

Heteronym

Was looking for the source for the Giles Corey album cover art and Reddit led me to this.

The Gowanus Canal • September 6, 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Posted in PhotographsTagged architecture, black and white photography, brooklyn, color photography, environmental photography, fine art photography, Gowanus Canal, landscape, New Topographics, New York City, photography, urban exploration, urban landscapeLeave a comment

Special thanks to Gary @standupvirgin who invited me to see first-hand our mistreated water but also appreciate its value and the life that found ways to exist despite of the pollution @gowanusdredgers

From watching it by in a subway car to taking it slow and riding it on canoe: The Gowanus Canal.

Recent Media Consumption:

The Guerrilla Girls’ Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art

Photographers on Photography : How the Masters See, Think & Shoot by Henry Carroll

Disney’s Cruella

Kahlo by Eckhard Hollman

For the Love of Music: A Conductor’s Guide to the Art of Listening by John Mauceri

Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowanus_Canal

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/02/gowanus-canal-brooklyn-new-york-toxic-cleanup-epa

http://www.gowanuscanal.org

Perceiving a summer memory

Posted on August 9, 2021January 15, 2022 Posted in PhotographsTagged art, Artist inspiration, Central Park, fine art photography, Invisible Man, New York City, New York City art, photo journal, photography, Ralph Ellison, Riverside Park, urban landscapeLeave a comment

A dream: An invisible man in a non-hostile world

“And then the dust falls”

Long ago, summer meant time away from school.
Idyllic and comforting
There was time for everything
The time to truly play

To all the invisible people: I hope we find each other after the dust falls.

Recent Influences:

YouTube: Photographer Andre D. Wagner’s essay “On Being a Black Photographer” by CBS This Morning

YouTube: Making a Photobook with Wesley Verhoeve by Framelines

YouTube: Conversations | Photography Talk | The Future(s) of Photography by Art Basel

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

The Ralph Ellison Memorial on 150th Street and Riverside Drive

Raymond Moore Photographer, uploaded by David Moore

Recurring Thoughts:

Nihilism (Epistemological & Existential)

Maroon (My internal Maroon Space)

Running away & escaping

Just do what I want, Just the ordinary

Posted on June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Posted in PhotographsTagged banal photography, color photography, documenting space, fine art photography, mundane, New York City, photography, Staten Island, suburban photography, William EgglestonLeave a comment

I felt I needed the reminder to let loose. There’s always something to learn, or learn better. And that, is my personal appreciation for digital photography. That, I can make mistakes, lots of mistakes. Lots and lots and lots of mistakes. It feels like not doing a hundred push-ups, rather I’m practicing a single push-up a hundred times.

YouTube : “Election Eve by William Eggleston (Books, Episode III)” by T. Hopper

YouTube: “The Photography of William Eggleston” by T. Hopper

YouTube: “Imagine | The Colorful Mr. Eggleston” by theradpho

Upcoming Art Exhibition: OPEN ENDED

Posted on June 4, 2021 Posted in PhotographsTagged art, art buyers, art collection, art dealers, art exhibition, art galleries, black art, brooklyn, fine art photography, LGBTQA art, New York City, New York City art, New York City art gallery, nyc, queer art, real estateLeave a comment

Fable Jones Studios is curating a new group show this month: OPEN ENDED. Five of my pieces will be shown alongside a number of other visual artists of various mediums.

Opening Reception: Next Saturday, June 12th 6pm-9pm
Exhibition: June 12th – June 27th

Location: 56 Bogart Street Studio 118

Brooklyn, NY 11206

RSVP Here

Jonas St. Juste

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