JAMIE CEASAR Alley Rose | Film photography | 2021

“I wouldn’t call myself a nature photographer, but I love capturing the natural flow of life. As a street photographer I see
life in motion. People getting from A to B, enjoying themselves, or dealing with struggles. I also get to observe how nature
plays a role in our daily lives. When I read the title of this exhibition, one photograph came to mind. An image of a painted
rose on a wall, surrounded by concrete, being fueled by a painted sun. Even in this alleyway, someone felt the need to
incorporate an element of nature. A sense of beauty. Fenced in, caged in, it still blooms and offers a passerby something
organic. Whenever I pass by this rose, I smile. It reminds me that through our humanity, we are still connected, and long
to remain connected to our natural world. This image was created with a medium format camera, using Kodak Ektar 120
roll film. I developed, and processed the film myself.”
-Jamie Ceasar

Jamie Ceasar is a film photographer, born and raised in Columbus Ohio. Inspired by great film shooters like Gordon Parks
and Don Hogan Charles, Ceasar enjoys the feeling and emotion of documentary/ street photography. There are moments,
places, and people that may never be seen if it weren’t for photography. Caesar’s passion is to share as many of those
moments as possible. His body of work also includes abstract, landscape, and portraiture photography as well. Ceasar
not only shoots 35mm and 120 film in black and white and color, but also develops his own film. The process of film
photography, as in bringing an image to life, adds to his love for the art.

Ceasar was one of the award winners for the Art Unites CBUS grant, brought together by the Greater Columbus Art Council.
The reward focused around the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for injustice through art in Columbus, OH.
He currently has photographs on display at the Schumacher Gallery in Capital University and 1819 Art Gallery in Spain.