We had the good fortune of connecting with Jeffrey Brandon and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Jeffrey, how has your background shaped the person you are today?
I am from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Being raised in the type of field has led me to have more empathy and understanding of where a person comes from and how this may affect them. With this understanding, I ask for a portrait rather than merely taking portraits of people without permission. To further demonstrate that the urban environment does not always have life of negativity. Frankly, this has made me want to show more of this southern hospitality in my pictures.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
My career is to photograph the culture of my city and its people culture. Photography is an art that I never thought would become my career. Whatever your environment, your art can become a career. And my photographers starting out. Don’t think you can’t make great photos because your city isn’t New York, a California or a famous city. Get outside and create beautiful pictures of your city and people.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
A day of just walking and snapping photos of landscape and place. See what coffee shop are in the area that I have stumbled in. Now if I feeling the ned to have a drink, I would take them to Eataly for some good pinot noir before heading to dumbo to watch the sunset.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
it will be the typical shoutout but it would have to be my mother. She really showed me different artist. I remember she use to have us sit in front of her bed and we would all draw together. A lot of how I became a photographer, sometimes i feel like we’re in a competition honestly. I wanted to be just as good as she was.

Website: https://www.website.pixieset.com

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