Born in Tennessee (1990), the artist lives and works in Los Angeles.

By the age of ten, Jake had already starred in dozens of national television commercials,
Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Cell with Jennifer Lopez, and was one of the stars on the hit kid’s television series Lizzie McGuire. His fascination with cameras was fueled with his access to them on these sets. Directors and directors of photography allowed him to rack focus, look through the finder, and generally explore a professional camera’s functions. Jake took his first Photography class at the age of 15 using his late grandfathers Nikon, but it wasn’t until a year later that everything seemed to “click.”

He began taking hundreds of photographs and continued to talk cameras with anyone who would listen. As his work gained attention, Jake won 2nd place in the famous lens manufacturer Carl Zeiss’ 2009 International Photo Competition with his photo “Even the Stars Need Help to Shine”. Zeiss continued the relationship by sponsoring Jake on an expedition to Japan in 2010, supplying him with high quality optics.

Most of Jake’s work can be defined as “street photography with cinematic stylings,” but he does not want to limit himself to any one type of photography as he is still finding and refining his artistic eye. Jake mostly works with film and has now amassed cameras ranging from rangefinders thrice his age, to modern day digitals.

In 2010 he spent his summer in Japan for the sole purpose of photography, exploring the streets of Tokyo from sunrise to sunset (though frequently well after) each day. It was here and in his travels that he was able to take many of the photos featured in our exhibit “One Shot: The City“.