J U D A H    S.    H A R R I S

 

 

Judah S. Harris is a noted photojournalist and fine art photographer, and a graduate of Yeshiva University.

His vivid portrayals of people, places, and life's moments have appeared in advertising, magazines, on the Op-Ed Pages of the NY Times, and on the covers of 37 novels. His photographs are collected by individuals and corporations and his images of contemporary Jewish life have been included in exhibits in various cities, including a permanent display at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. A feature article about his work appeared in the Fall issue of American Photo.

"Emotional, poignant to our times, rich, metaphorical - these are all the things that Judah does best." (Phil Rose, CD, Hyperion Books);

"His compositional choices, arrangements, angles and use of light and shadow put a creator's stamp on everything." (Barry Tanenbaum, writing in Shutterbug Magazine).

*Examples of my narrative B&W work: Click Here

I was 13 when my mom and I drove one afternoon to a New Jersey camera store a half-hour from our home. With some of my bar mitzvah money, I made my first serious photography purchase: a Minolta Super 8 movie camera...used, and costing just over $100.

Soon after, I began my subscription to Super 8 Filmmaker (even ordered all the back issues available!) and over the next few years immersed myself in Super 8. I recorded family vacations, attempted animation with hand-drawn characters in my bedroom studio (no unions, just some colored felt-tip markers), and actually made a rocketship fly through the air by stringing a small tin-like canister from a hot water urn to a plastic thread tied between a treebranch in the backyard and the side of my house. The incline was slight, but there, allowing the metal spool to slowly move from the branch towards the house, as I shot from below, watching my rocketship fly across the blue sky... gaining at the same time, from ground level, an important first lesson in perspective.

During college and in the years right after, my interests turned to still photography, as I began to travel with camera in hand to places I'd never been to before, in the United States and abroad, learning to see, and then to see better.

The story doesn't stop there and the exploration continues...but for now, I'll let the pictures have their say....

So here, then, are some of my favorites!- Pictures of people I've met, places I've been to, and some of life's little moments that we've probably all experienced in one way or another.

*An interesting interview CLICK HERE

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