©Jesse Diamond
Jesse Diamond
Untitled
Archival Fine Art Print
40 x 60
$6,000 Framed
©Per Bernal
“It is a true privilege to have someone themselves to me, a complete stranger with a camera in his hands. That level of connection in photography creates the drive to look far beyond myself. However, knowing something of where you’re coming from has to come first. In making a photograph, I value my initial response above everything else. How and what we respond to really defines us as individuals. There are occasions when viewing an image that I can see beyond the subject matter to an open door in my subconscious. How far inside I choose to look is a choice based on how much truth, be it good or bad, I’m willing to handle. The selections of photographs in ‘After Hours’ are a document of a time period when I chose to walk in and close the door behind me.”
Jesse Diamond was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended Cal Arts University where he trained as a musician and studied visual arts as a secondary course. Inspired by a trip to Africa in 1997, Jesse decided to concentrate entirely on photography.
Q&A:
When did you start using Leica?
In 2001, I was in Sante Fe, New Mexico, and Sebastiao Salgados’s ‘Migrations’ was being exhibited all over town. I was so moved, and as a beginner photographer, I had to know what camera equipment he used. Within a month, I bought my first Leica M camera.