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Jeremy Green “Limelight” 2/21/20

Up in the attic, amid the the trunks, hobby horses, fencing swords, books, Japanese fans, and a myriad of other discarded treasures of times past, I found this very old doll. It had weathered ages of frigid winters and broiling summers, alone and ignored, with a small yellowed paper tag pinned to its dress stating simply ”3-cent doll from S. America” pencilled on it. I thought it deserved some attention, so recently I shed some light on it and made a portrait. In spite of the dramatic shadow it still seemed a little plain Jane, so some creative processing was then applied for depth and added interest.

Jeremy Green “Fresh Squeeze” 03/08/19

When this glass of fresh squeezed OJ was placed on the blue table in front of me in the bright daylight, my visual senses as well as my tastebuds were stimulated. I’m not much of a cerebral creator. I’m a graphic designer type of photographer who tends to choose the obvious visual strongpoints for the sake of simplicity. Given this particular situation before me, the still life was pretty much there for me by happenstance. Color, light, shadow, detail, and line fell into place. Some fun was had in post to remove it a bit from reality and to give it a different kind of strength from the straight shot.

Jeremy Green “Mother of Invention” 05/12/18

Thunder and lightning woke me from a fitful sleep last night, so photography happened at 4 in the morning. I am alone in my ancestral home on the Chesapeake saying my goodbyes. My resources are limited, as are my methods of working in a 250 year old house with no normal electronic conveniences. It’s fair to say that this image would not have been made if not for the need to post an image, necessity being the mother of invention.