Bio: Born in Detroit in 1957, Joseph Jurson studied Graphic Design, and Photography with Phil Davis, at the University of Michigan School of Art.
Joseph has made photography a serious part of his life over the past 22 years. A resident of New York for all those years, Joseph finds inspiration in the familiar of his garden as well as the unique locations explored in his domestic and international travels, always working to develop his technique and intensify the images that constantly engage him. The varied work experiences as a gardener, photographer's assistant, art director, and film producer have been a continuing adjunct to the constant of nature photography.Joseph Jurson is a member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists, and he is represented nationwide by a number of leading fine art galleries.

Photographs: Forever, artists have given each other some simple but valuable advice: “Stay with what you care about.” From plein aire painting in school to the view-camera my photography professor introduced me to, I’ve been involved with the landscape. Converting it to forms and patterns that reveal the nature of the object. Simplifying the complex, the tangled, and the overgrown into an image that speaks through and beyond the chaos. I’m trying to broaden the expressive range of the way I see the familiar... once again and again, the intricacies of a freshly spun spider-web or a fog-covered grove of trees at the horizon. In addition to the 4x5, I’ve been working with the Hasselblad, exploring the advantages of the physical spontaneity afforded me, finding new ways of seeing images I have previously studied. All of my images are printed in the classical tradition of black and white photography; full frame with no extraordinary dark room or chemical manipulation. For me, photography is a way to be heard, with visual words, plainspoken but with all the eloquence I can muster.

All of the present works are shot on black & white 120 roll film and 4 x 5 sheet film; traditionally printed full-frame on archival paper, selenium toned in signed limited editions

Pricing: Each silver gelatin fiber base print is individually hand-crafted in the tradit- ional black and white film process. Printing is done on fine semi-matte warmtone paper and double-fixed, archival washed, and selenium toned for museum quality.
Each print is titled, dated, and signed in pencil on verso.
 
Prints are available on the following paper sizes:
16 x 20 inch $1000 US Edition of 20
20 x 24 inch $1500 US Edition of 25
42 x 42 inch $2800 US Edition of 3
50 x 50 inch $3600 US Edition of 2
Prices increase as an edition sells out.