Jamaica Street

After seeing Stephen Shore speak at MassArt earlier this month, it reignited my interest in photographing the man-made landscape (not that it ever really went away), and renewed my curiosity in exploring new ways of composing and arranging objects within the frame. It also inspired me to revisit the work of Walker Evans, whose work has been inspirational to many photographers, myself included.

The following images form the start of a project making photographs of the environment around Jamaica Street in Jamaica Plain where I currently live. I was intrigued by the idea of making photographs within the confines of a very specific geographical boundary and exploring the possibilities that can arise within those parameters.

I've been attracted to photographing at dusk, during the "magic hour", when it is still light out but the ambient lights of night time are turning on, when the possibilities exist for some of the strangest and most beautiful lighting conditions. I am also very much enjoying using the new Kodak Portra 400 film which has an exceptionally fine grain and is designed specifically for scanning.