words & photographs and other means of introspection, is Jesse's first monograph. words & photographs explores Jesse's early years working with the camera, exploring his relationship with the mechanical objects as means of expression and the ways in which it has altered his perception of the world around him.
An excerpt:
"There is no greater tyranny than that of the blank page, that of the slate wiped clean, that of the canvas, staring blankly, brimming with potential. So much never to be, due to the all enveloping potentiality of that which could be.
Far too easy to be consumed with preparations for the decisive first stroke, decisions made and unmade; the vision of circumstances being just so so clear as to still any forward motion until the fated moment arrives. Things as they are serve well enough to await things as they could be, just as soon as one acts; soon, however, never comes.
The first stroke, bound to be wrong, is the most vital not because it is perfect, but because it abets the second. This is the first stroke."
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