Quinn Jacobson Photography

08/12/2023

The Human Flight from Death: The Driving Force of Civilization

Take a look at my essay:

studioq.com/blog/2023/8/12/the-human-flight-from-death-the-driving-force-of-civilization

Image: “Dead Foxtail and My History on My Arm,” 10” x 10” (25,4 x 25,4 cm) RA-4 Reversal Direct Color Print August 12, 2023

This was an exciting image for me to make. Jeanne helped me do it (she did a great job). I wasn’t going to do any “human” photographs for this project. However, I’ve lived these stories and felt that a self-portrait might be a powerful addition to the work, I’m over-the-moon about this print. You’ll see a version of it in the book, for sure.

07/28/2023

“Five Star Fibonacci Sequence: A Blooming Flower,” 10” x 10” (25,4 x 25,4 cm) RA-4 Reversal Direct Color Print, July 28, 2023

I made some prints today. The first day that the Mariposa Lily were out and in full blossom. What a beautiful flower! Check out my blog post (link below).

studioq.com/blog/2023/7/28/gunnisons-mariposa-lily

07/27/2023

The great mountain the Tabeguache Ute honored and was grateful for is called Tava Kaavi or Sun Mountain. They were called. "People of the Sun Mountain" as well as "Blue Sky People" by other tribes.
This mountain sits at 14,115 feet above sea level - that's 4.303 meters. The air is thin and it can snow and blizzard there in June. The white European colonizers named it "Pike Peak." I call it Tava Kaavi or Sun Mountain.

More on my blog: studioq.com/blog/2023/7/21/7amw9pg5mxtr5nnh56i89xpvw42qsu

Image: “Sunflower, Foxtail Barley, and European Silver,” 10” x 10” (25,4 x 25,4 cm) RA-4 Reversal Direct Color Print, July 27, 2023

07/25/2023

Diversity in My New Book

studioq.com/blog/2023/7/22/the-diversity-in-my-new-book

Image: "Antlers Are Bone," 10" x 10" (25,4 x 25,4 cm) RA-4 Reversal Direct Color Print, July 25, 2023

Take a look at the link above (my blog) and see some of the ideas I'm playing with for my book. Exciting!

07/24/2023

"A Hidden Life"

studioq.com/blog/2023/7/19/a-hidden-life

Image: “Mountain Coneflowers: One is Different from the Others, European Silver, and Deer Antlers,” 10” x 10” (25,4 x 25,4cm) RA-4 Reversal Direct Color Print July 18, 2023

This photograph reminded me of Franz Jägerstätter. When I think of people that I admire and respect, he’s near the top of my list. Read about “A Hidden Life” on my blog.

07/22/2023

Jesus Was a Capricorn

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In seeking meaning and importance for ourselves we deny it to others, and especially to those others who threaten our truth.

All have in the end have same goal: to raise men above nature, to assure them that in some ways their lives count in the universe more than merely physical things count” (Ernest Becker).

Image: “Three Goatsbeard (gone to seed), a Mountain Coneflower, in an English Brass Spittoon: The Cycle of Life,” 10” x 10” (25,4 x 25,4cm) RA-4 Reversal Direct Color Print July 21, 2023

07/20/2023

"White Sage and Granite Stones," 10" x 10" (25,4 x 25,4 cm) RA-4 Color Reversal Print, July 16, 2023

Sage has been historically used for medicinal and culinary purposes; it is white sage that is most commonly known for its use as incense and for cleansing and purifying the air in sacred Native American ceremonies. I’ll dry this bunch out and make a smudge stick from it. I’ll photograph that too.

studioq.com/blog/2023/7/16/white-sage-sneezeweed-and-western-goatsbeard

07/19/2023

studioq.com/blog/2023/7/19/the-great-mullein-flowering-and-antlers

Native Americans used mullein flowers and leaves for a variety of issues, including: cough, congestion, bronchitis, asthma, constipation, pain, inflammation and migraines. They used antlers to create handles for knives and hide scrapers, spear points, bracelets, combs, hairpins, buttons, and figurin

07/18/2023

"Flowering Mullein and Antlers," 10"x10" (25,4 x 25,4cm) RA-4 Reversal Direct Color Print July 18, 2023

It's such a wonderful thing to capture some of this in color. Using my old optics/lenses and beautiful northern light, these prints are beyond what I thought I could do. They are painterly, potent, and engaging for me. They tell the story here so well. I imagine the Tabeguache Ute seeing these plants flower and knowing exactly what they could use them for—medically or ceremonially. I'm humbled by it all!

07/17/2023

studioq.com/blog/2023/7/13/the-challenge-of-doing-something-different

MAKING STUFF I often think about the act of creating something and what it means—a photograph, making a knife (blade-smiting and blacksmithing), or writing something meaningful. What is it that drives us to create? I’ve been reading and thinking about this question for some time. It falls right ...

07/17/2023

“Large Red Rock Formation, Fremont County, Colorado,” 10"x10" (25,4 x 25,4cm) RA-4 Reversal Direct Color Print, July 15, 2023

I couldn’t be more pleased with this image. What a color shift!! And the clouds! I love it—the red color theme is perfect for this area. This is the same large rock formation I made wet and dry collodion negatives and POP prints from; I’ll show them side-by-side in the book. The vignetting is beautiful on this too. I call it the "keyhole" effect - like you're observing something that you shouldn't be or that is hidden.

07/17/2023

“Damaged Willow Tree, Fremont County, Colorado,” 10"x10" (25,4 x 25,4cm) RA-4 Reversal Direct Color Print, July 15, 2023

The iPhone snap of this isn’t that great, but the print looks wonderful. I’m very happy with the results of this process. Lightning struck or a wind storm tore this willow tree apart. It was a very dramatic scene. I love how the clouds show up in the image. This is a very painterly image to me.

I'm making all of this work, studio and landscape, with old, 19th century Petzval lenses. Absolutely gorgeous results!