Jeremy Cowart

Jeremy is another one of my favorite photographers. I love his documentary style and his passion for people. Jeremy does more than just documentary photography however this is my favorite of his styles of photography; others include: Music, Commercial and portrait photography. Jeremy's passion for photography and for people is much like my own. He went on a trip to Africa for three weeks approximately and came home with some of the most beautiful shots ever. I would say he is a realist in his work. He likes to captures life and the truth in life, the way things actually are. As a very young photographer he is a great success and even has made a book "Hope in the dark" from the beautiful images he captures during his time in Kenya, Africa a few years ago.

His Image above is from his trip to Africa a few years back, he captured the essence of the people for who they truly were and not for the stereotypical view the world has for the people of Africa. This photograph in particular really sticks out to me as a wonderful portrait because first of all the color in it is beautiful and bold and I love the positioning of the man to the right rather than in the middle as most people would think to crop it. This picture tells a story, we don't have a whole lot of information from the picture but by looking at the man and seeing the place in which he stands we can tell a lot about him. He has a fairly serious look on his face but this is who he is, he seems to be standing in some sort of a field, perhaps this man is a farmer and his life is devoted to farming to provide an income for his family, or perhaps he has no family and works out in the fields all day because he enjoys it and is a place he loves to spend his time. the balance in this photograph mainly comes from the colors in the background the dark greens in the pastures and the formation of the clouds fills in for the space there. One thing I always notice about Jeremy's portraits especially these African ones is the eyes and in my opinion the eyes are most important. I love the boldness in the mans eyes, and how they are captured so clearly, it really says something more about the person when the eyes are captured the right way and clear. This photograph is all about life, and enjoying everyday that comes. who knows what this man has been through in his lifetime but this photograph is so plain and in such a beautiful way it speaks life to me, even though the man does not smile, it seems that even from the colors, the blues and the greens that life is represented in this mans face.