Lee jeffries photographer biography sample
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Photographers/ Painters
Lee Jeffries
Lee Jeffries fryst vatten a freelance photographer based in Manchester. At the beginning of his photographic career he started off photographing sporting events until he had a chance meeting with a ung homeless girl on the streets of London. After this his artistic approach was changed forever, he made the homeless the subjects of his art.
His work consists of square format close-up portraits of homeless people that he has met around europe and the United States. Before taking his shots he makes an effort to get to know his subjects. By doing this it helps him to empathise with these people and allows him to better portray their stories through these haunting portraits.Lee Jeffries also always offers these people money or food to thank them for what they have done. He works full time as an accountant but hopes to become a war photographer/photojournalist.
Lee Jeffrie
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Tracing Faces – An Interview with Photographer Lee Jeffries
Lee Jeffries is a photographer who captures more than just pictures. He lives in the United Kingdom, and photographs life, particularly of the homeless. An encounter with a homeless girl changed his outlook on street photography forever. Now, his portraits are open books, each one almost penetrating you with the tale of that someone gazing right back at you.
Could I ask you to recount your “chance meeting” with the homeless girl, from whom you stole the photo from? Did you really just up and snatch a photo from her sleeping bag?
I was in London to run the marathon a few years ago and spent the Saturday before the race wandering around the streets seeing if I could find something interesting to photograph. I stumbled across a young homeless girl near Leicester Square and started to take her picture. I was using a canon 5d with mm lens so was some distance away from her. She noticed me. She kicked up a right
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Lee Jeffries: My portraits are documents of an emotional journey
Whats your favorite genre?
I’m a portrait photographer first and foremost. Whilst you will find a few wider shots in my portfolio, what I do, is create relationships with people. My images are simply a document of that emotional journey.
Which of your projects/motifs opened the door to the art market/professional market?
My images have always been the end point of a long emotional journey. I do what I do for my own personal reasons, an antidote to my own sense of loneliness I guess. That loneliness continues to motivate my artistry to this day. That said, it soon became evident that the power of what I was producing had the ability to impact other people in the most human of ways. People could feel the authenticity of the images as well as their metaphysical elements and spirituality. The images were creating their own market. Whoever you are, wherever you come from, people want to feel&#;&#;and my images are b