A LITTLE ABOUT ME
Biography
I have been a Nashville based photographer since 2017, after completing a bachelors of art in English literature at Wheaton College. I decided to continue an education in photography and moved to Savannah, Georgia, where I studied under Zig Jackson at the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2019. I continued to live and work as a photographer in Savannah until 2021 before moving back to Nashville full time. My work has been shown in galleries around the southeastern United States. My influences include photographers Mark Ruwedel, Jack Leigh, Zig Jackson, and Sally Mann as well as authors Wendell Berry and Flannery O'Connor.
ABOUT MY PROCESS
My Work
I am drawn to communities where tradition, community, and identity are strongly intertwined with the land, and the advances of modernity are slowed. I believe that’s where we find a glimpse of the resilience of all people. Likewise, I am drawn to environments and landscapes that stand as an eternal witness to the oneness between humans and nature. I often find myself returning to the same locations and the same people to take photos. I find that it allows me to revise and further understand the people and places I photograph, allowing me to tell a more complete story. I choose to document these subjects with natural beauty and simple ornamentation as an act of resistance to the over-complicated and increasingly impersonal world. As people view my photos, my hope is that they are drawn into a deeper understanding and relationship with the work - that for a brief moment, people feel a connection to the resiliency and oneness in the world.
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Contact
jameslockphotography@gmail.com
Representation
Represented by: SCAD Art Sales