October 25, 2018

Meet Jason Andrade

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Jason Andrade.

Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours?
For as long as I can remember I have been interested in photography. Being a hobby for most of my life I feel that I am fortunate that I began in the film era. Having to pay for each frame and wait several days for film to return from the lab forced me to learn early on that I have limited opportunities to get the photographs I want. The introduction of digital imagery has allowed me to expand my technical ability and creativity, allowing me to grow as an artist. While photography has always been a passion, due to other obligations I was unable to devote as much time as I would have liked, it was recently that a friend encouraged me to make the time and to share more of my art with the world. Since then I have re-ignited the passion, continued learning, and hope to continue for many years to come.

Please tell us about your art.
My art is focused on the idea of telling the story of the subject, whether it is a model or a landscape. Objectively beautiful things and people are all around us every day, there needs to be more to an image than just capturing the aesthetics in a series of ones and zeros. The mind wants context, even if that context is subjective to the viewer. What does the model’s facial expression tell you? What does the scene tell you? All of these things matter to the artistic value of the photograph, and it is my goal to make sure the viewer has the subtle nuances they need to convey the story that their mind creates.

Do you have any advice for other artists? Any lessons you wished you learned earlier?
The search for exposure can cause people to comprise the type of art that they want to create, I occasionally experience this myself. I find that the question I ask myself changes from “is this a photograph that I am truly happy with?”, to “is this flashy enough to get someone to stop scrolling?”. Every artist wants to have their work seen, however, should we be sacrificing our standards to compete for an endorphin high from the number of little red hearts below your post? While I believe competition is key to growth and the support of this community is an amazing asset to have, we should all remain true to ourselves and create the art we want, our own art.

How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
The best place for people to see my work would be on either my Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/entropicimages or on my website https://www.entropicimages.com

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