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Jeremy Green “Baubles” 12/22/23

There’s a boy in me still that loves the gaiety and the spirit. I’m so…last century. I’m holding on to innocence. Best that I not focus too finely.

Jeremy Green “Fuzzy” 3/17/21

The initial frame of shooting a visiting pet with a fast 50mm lens set wide open rendered this mistake. I liked it better than any subsequent frames. It elicits a laugh from me at least. I was really not wanting to continue the visual thread with yet another image containing an animal, but so be it.

Jeremy Green “Esquire 1962” 11/27/20

The late 1950’s into the 60’s was a golden era of magazine publishing, and Esquire was an iconic “men’s magazine” that was cool and even a little racy. It was a time when writers, photographers, and Mad Men pushed social boundaries in such slick and weighty monthlies. The mid-century modern world was emerging from the gray post-war straits, and I was emerging from boyhood towards manhood. Perusing a fashion photography book a while ago, I happened upon a Harper’s Bazaar cover from 1959 that inspired me to try shooting a feminine form refracted through a glass of water. Like Bert Stern’s pyramid refracted in a martini glass for a Smirnoff Vodka ad of that era, this image reminded me of those magazines and those times.