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Phone: 970.631.2536
Email: info@jmvdigital.com
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Buy my fine art prints: See my listings on Etsy
Sharing creative inspiration, photography, and design. This site exists both as my main portfolio site and as a release of energy for all the neat and creative things that make up this world. The portfolio side is rather static and non-interactive, but carries some of my best work. The blog side is fresh and recent work, but not always my best. The blog is more for the fun and informal things. I don’t believe that life should always be taken so seriously and without stopping to really live life.
“It will be objected that [this] deals too much with mere appearances, with the surface of things, and fails to engage and reveal the patterns of unifying relationship which form the true and underlying reality of existence. Here I must confess that I know nothing whatever about true underlying reality, having never met any. There are many people who say they have, I know, but they’ve been luckier than I.
For my own part, I am pleased enough with surfaces- in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as the grasp of a child’s hand in your own, the flavor of an apple, the embrace of friend or love, the silk of a girl’s thigh, the sunlight on rock and leaves, the feel of music, the bark of a tree, the abrasion of granite and sand, the plunge of clear water into a pool, the face of the wind, what else is there? What else do we need?”
-Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
about me.
I’m a 20-something creative living near Fort Collins, CO. I have been self-employed for 12 years with jmvdigital, inc. I’ve been able to experience almost every facet of the fine art, design, photography, and the corporate world. During that time I’ve also had experience working at various employers, including most recently, OtterBox. For the uninitiated, OtterBox is the world leader in smartphone cases. During my tenure as Lead Designer at OtterBox, I had the unique opportunity to creatively drive the visual brand into a new phase of exponential growth that few companies will ever see, especially not during sour economic times. I creatively lead a 10 person team through multiple iterations of packaging, branding updates, advertising, website redesigns, tradeshows, retail product display strategies and a whole lot more.
I feel lucky with where I’m at, what I’ve learned, and the talent that I have. Head over to the portfolio section to scope my photography and design work.
about my photography.
I want to call out the specialness of life – even in loss, emptiness, plainness and decay. That’s why my photographs are often rich in color and bold with contrast. I strive for simplicity and a keen attention to details as I try to capture timeless, yet temporary moments. I try to convey a mood, a specific perspective – one that’s not necessarily part of our universal human experience, but a perspective that evokes strong feelings about the unique scenes in the world around us.
One of my favorite themes relates to concept of past life. In past life, there are so many common yet sacred objects, textures and scenes to examine. So many unique and forgotten places to recall. So much vibrancy to celebrate – in all of life’s simple, surprising forms.
My work has been featured at the Center for Fine Art Photography, the 2009 International Photography Awards, B&W magazine, Projeck30, Shutterbug magazine, juried into the Fine Print Collection, and more. I am currently represented by the 2010 Gallery in Kansas City, and the Fine Art Company (formerly Indigo Gallery) in Fort Collins.
print quality and info.
All of my fine art prints are giclée gallery quality, and they’re archival rated for 150+ years, longer under UV glass. Sometimes a photograph will lend itself well to a particular type of paper or texture. Here, you are seeing my work on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta and Moab Entrada photographic papers. These are extremely high-quality exhibition level prints. The iridescence of a baryta paper should not confused with bronzing found in low-quality inkjet prints; the iridescence is an intentional effect achieved by this particular paper finish.
If you are interested in purchasing a print, check out my Etsy page, or send me an email below.
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-J
