Tag: Jesse Rieser

Jesse Rieser: Christmas In America: Happy Birthday, Jesus! – LENSCRATCH Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! I have to admit that I’m not a religious person, but I’m all in when it comes to Christmas. The lights, the decorations, the tree, the fantasy of Santa and the reindeer are wonderful distractions from politics and the end of the…

Jesse Rieser: Souvenirs from Paradise – LENSCRATCH For his exhibition titled Souvenirs From Paradise, Jesse intertwines divergent narratives from his works A Vanishing America Folklore and The Changing Landscape of American Retail in his search to find meaning in the meaningless. I have always been a big via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/12/jesse-rieser-souvenirs-from-paradise/ I have always been a…

Jesse Rieser: Christmas in America: Happy Birthday Jesus Merry Christmas! I have to admit that I’m not a religious person, but I’m all in when it comes to Christmas. The lights, the decorations, the tree, the fantasy of Santa and the reindeer are wonderful distractions from politics and the end of the world as via…

Perspective | Photographing the retail apocalypse Photographer Jesse Rieser documents the changing landscape of American retail. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2019/11/22/photographing-retail-apocalypse/ Jesse Rieser believes he grew up in peak mall culture. As a child in Springfield, Mo., in the 1990s, he remembers back-to-school shopping with his mom at Macy’s, discovering music at Best Buy, and avoiding…

The Photographer Who Stalked a Serial Killer – Feature Shoot From March 17th until July 11th, 2016, a serial shooter targeted the Phoenix neighborhood of Maryvale. The seven victims were random and innocent people, male and female, aged twelve to… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/03/photographer-stalked-serial-killer/ In October of last year, some three months after the last…

Christmas in America: Over the Top, Close to the Heart Since 2010, Jesse Rieser has been photographing people fiercely devoted to their Christmas displays. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/christmas-in-america-over-the-top-close-to-the-heart/?module=CloseSlideshow&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=EndSlate&action=click&contentCollection=Blogs&pgtype=imageslideshow A chance meeting with a synthetic, 40-foot-tall, somewhat disturbing Santa guarding a Christmas tree lot made Jesse Rieser realize the strange ways Americans show their love for…

Jesse Rieser I thought it would be fun to use the opportunity of Christmas Eve to showcase Jesse Rieser’s wonderful project, Christmas in America: Happy Birthday, Jesus. Santa (and Jesus) has been very good to Jesse this year. Here are a few of the accolades he reciev via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/12/jesse-rieser.html Initially inspired by the absurdity…