A Personal Refuge

I've always wanted to document my own family but for so many years school and work kept me photographing near home. I finally got to Michigan recently and photographed my grandparents and their home. They've been married for 54 years and have lived in their home since October 1956. After I got home I found a letter my grandmother put in my luggage.

In the note she said,
"As a young bride it was a goal - raise the kids, pay the mortgage, have a stable environment for the family. Now in the twilight of my life it has become a refuge - to shut out the fast changing world. A place that always stays the same."

Photography Circles

I spent last Wednesday photographing another photographer, my boyfriend Denny. We usually spend our evenings talking about our shoots and how they went. It was really great to actually be a part of one of his. We both were shooting for the Corcoran College of Art and Design (His Alma Mater....soon to be mine!). Denny photographed Susan Sterner and Kerry McAleer-Keeler, two professors at the college while photographed him for a Photojournalism brochure.

A Thesis Halloween

I spent Halloween photographing Sidra, John, Caroline and Martin-Lane. It was a night filled with warm wholesome food, tons of white face make-up and more candy than anyone should eat. It was interesting to see how much Martin-Lane loves Halloween. For her it is a bigger deal than Christmas. Although this holiday is very important to her the candy is not. Being vegan she chose not eat most of the candy she collected. At the end of the night she gave most of it away to another child who was unable to trick-or-treat.

Larry

Recently I got to visit with some of my subjects that I photographed last year. Mark is a Marine who has seizures on a daily basis. Larry, his service dog can detect the seizure up to two hours prior to them happening. I spent a lot of time with Mark and Larry and wanted to come back to take some portraits of Mark's important dog. Their story can be found on my website.

A Corgi Portrait

Recently I had the opportunity to photograph another dog for my portrait series. Her name is Pearl and she belongs to my boyfriend's parents. This series will soon be added to my website.

120 Portraits

Recently I began shooting with a rolleicord. I wanted to start working in black & white again. You can find more from this series on my new website, www.jacqulynmarie.com

Wandering Through Dumbarton Oaks