At first glance Jeff's pictures could easily be overlooked as mistakes, photos taken without the photographer's knowledge or consent. Almost as if the shutter were accidentally pressed. Or perhaps tripped by a higher force. On greater examination one can see that there is an economy and elegance in these photos,… Read more

At first glance Jeff's pictures could easily be overlooked as mistakes, photos taken without the photographer's knowledge or consent. Almost as if the shutter were accidentally pressed. Or perhaps tripped by a higher force. On greater examination one can see that there is an economy and elegance in these photos, and a quiet intentionality towards laying bare the humor in the quotidian arrangements that have insinuated themselves into our lives. Most notably in the series 'Harrisonburg, Virginia", Jeff gives us his tour of the self-named "Friendly City", which behaves for him like a deadpan Buster Keaton as it reveals the comedy available to all of us but unseen by most.