...fresh talent!

This post is dedicated to someone I haven't met yet, but have a bond to nonetheless. He is married to my friend, Donna. During our college days at Dordt, she studied a semester in Russia, there they met, and now they're married. Now back in California, John Jackson has become a talented photographer and started up a website to display a few of his pictures. Check it out at: http://johnjacksonphoto.com

Donna, I miss you, roomie! Even though you always ditched us for more exciting places, I loved being roommates with you. The numerous trips back and forth from the library carrying your mountains of overdue books back, waking up to you staring me in the face and sleeptalking some jibberish about bread, plotting to sneak into the library for all night adventures... those were good times.

Here is an explanation for the photos you'll see at the website,

as described by Donna (the Mrs.):

*The very top rows are of a fashion shoot he did for a designer in la (who he went to school with). She designed and made all of the clothes from decontructing materials she found at thirft stores and other places (one of the pieces was a 100 year old wedding dress). She also models here.

*The next section comes from some light and figure studies john has been doing with studio light.

*Next are various portraits (some include parts of my family). Some of you might recognize a few of the people :)

*The last ones are part of a series he did on Schizophrenia while he worked in Oklahoma (he majored in psychology).