Jon Kersey Photography

One of my photos made the cover of Light Leaks magazine! If you're into any sort of "toy camera" (Holga, pinhole, Diana, etc) then you know Light Leaks is THE publication devoted to these sorts of cameras. I'm stoked and honored to be selected for the cover of Light Leaks 17!!! Cover design by Michael Barnes.

Lined up and ready to go.

Highway 101 near Gilroy. It looked so Holga-like I just had to stop and snap a photo.

It's been feeling a lot like summer lately!

I took this photo a little over a year ago in Mulegé, Baja California Sur. I'm usually running six months to a year behind on my finished printing. The process goes like this: after developing the film and making contact sheets, I edit and select the negatives I want to print. I then make a bunch of work prints on resin coated paper. The work prints that I like, I keep out on my light table or stick up on the wall by my desk. After a while, if I still feel good about the photo I'll make a nice fiber print. I tone those finished prints with selenium or sepia toner. Finally, I hand color the photograph if coloring works with the subject.

I filled out an online questionnaire about Holga use the other day. Afterward, I went to my boxes and looked at some of my early Holga photos. They went back to 1992. This one is from 1995. When I made it, I was thinking of Edward Weston and his photographs of all sorts of fruits, vegetables and plant matter. This photo is a Holga homage to Mr. Weston. (click and it gets bigger)

I've been promoting my photos with book cover designers. The "memories" series is moody and dreamlike and I think makes eye-catching book covers. My photograph was used on the front, back and side of the UK and European edition of Lorrie Moore's critically acclaimed book, A Gate at the Stairs. Book cover design by Miriam Rosenbloom, Senior Designer, Faber and Faber. See the photo here: www.jonkerseyphotography.com/memories/book2.htm

San Francisco street art reinterpreted.

I stalked this Dodge truck in the Seabright neighborhood until it was parked here on a quiet weekday morning.