Jeremy Starn's work examines the evolving role of photography in shaping how we understand and engage with the natural world. The photograph's unique likeness to reality easily tricks us into believing the image is the world. As reality is flattened, so too are we. When encounters with the natural world increasingly exsist in two dimensions, the ground beneath becomes irrelevant and lifeless, its material and sensory presence vanquished. What kind of weight is felt when living through images?
His work explores the tension between the image as a fragile construct and the complexity of the natural world. In particular, how an image‑driven mode of living alters our relational values toward nature. My work has taken many forms—including public videos, community engagement activities, interactive sound installations, performance, metal sculpture, mixed media painting, and photojournalism—all directed toward encouraging broader participation in questioning how we engage with the world.
Jeremy Starn earned his BFA in Photography from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University in 2014. He worked as a photojournalist in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Central America before moving to Virginia in 2023. His work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, New Britian Museum of American Art in Connecticut, Google Inc. in Cambridge, MA, and the Staunton Augusta Art Center in Virginia. He is currently an MFA candidate at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
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