Jesse Lenz (born 1988) is an American photographer.
Life and work
editLenz was born in Montana in 1988.[1] He was a co-founder and publisher of The Collective Quarterly and The Coyote Journal. He is the founder of monthly book club The Charcoal Book Club, its publishing arm Charcoal Press, and the Chico Hot Springs Portfolio Review.[2][3][4]
After a few years of traveling through the US in an Airstream with his wife and three sons, Lenz settled on a farm in Ohio. His first book, The Locusts (2020), shows his children immersed in the rural setting, exploring their home and the wildlife that surrounds it.[5][6][7] It is made using black-and-white film.[8] A second volume, The Seraphim, was published in 2023. Made over four years, it continues to look through the lens of his now six children, at "the wonder of life and the rhythms of nature".[9][10]
Publications
edit- The Locusts. Charcoal, 2020. ISBN 978-0-578-67947-1.[11]
- The Seraphim. Charcoal, 2023. ISBN 978-1-7362345-3-2.[12]
References
edit- ^ MacLennan, Gloria Crespo (January 7, 2021). "Instantáneas de la infancia y de la rebeldía". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ Quamme, Margaret. "Wooster photographer's new book harvests Ohio's rural beauty". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ ""The Locusts" by Photographer Lesse Lenz". BOOOOOOOM!. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ Budrick, Callie (November 5, 2020). "Fanning Out Over Photobooks". Print (magazine). Retrieved October 11, 2024.
- ^ Warner, Marigold. "Jesse Lenz depicts childhood freedom and serenity amongst nature". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ Stone, Mee-Lai (December 9, 2020). "'Magic was buried here': One family's escape to rural Ohio – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Perspective | Unplug, hit pause and go back to a place where life's possibilities are still raw, exciting and a little frightening in these photos". Washington Post. October 28, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ ""Looking for grace in the wreckage of life": photographer Jesse Lenz discusses his debut monograph". Hero. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ Smith, Caroline (March 15, 2024). "The Wonder and Danger of Nature". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "The Flow of Future Memory - Review of "The Seraphim" by Jesse Lenz". Frames. May 18, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
- ^ Slade, George. "Jesse Lenz: About Locusts and Other Lives on the Land". Black & White Magazine. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Photographs by Jesse Lenz, from his book The Seraphim". Harper's Magazine.