Jake Eshelman is a photo-based artist and visual researcher exploring the complex relationships between people, our environment, and everyone we share it with. Working to transcend the notion that humanity is somehow separate from—or superior to—the natural world, his work creates opportunities to address anthropocentrism and (re)consider our ecological kinships. 

Eshelman has exhibited work internationally, most notably at Vantaa Art Museum Artsi in Helsinki, Finland; Contemporary Calgary in Alberta, Canada; Houston Center for Photography in Houston, TX; The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at Cambridge University, UK; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. His work is in the permanent collections at Harvard University and the Chicago Design Museum. He has also been published in various periodicals and books, most notably including National Geographic, Texas Monthly, and even a children’s book by Simon & Schuster encouraging aspiring creatives to pursue artistic careers. Jake is also a writer and emerging scholar who thoroughly enjoys speaking about the issues he explores in his work. To date, he has lectured at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Wales Trinity Saint David, University of Houston, and Houston Center for Photography, as well as myriad other conferences, symposia, and gatherings.

Web: www.jakeeshelman.com; IG: @jake.eshelman

Courses & Workshops:
Photographing Communities - Human and Otherwise
Spirituality in Photography: Image-Making and Practice