A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

By Josh Fritz.

This past weekend, there were a slew of art and photo shows, but only a handful of them were recent graduates from Savannah College of Art and Design. In Atlantic Station, taking over the former location of Chaplins, Jennifer Hope Jacoby had her first photo show. Ten photos adorned the walls, each of them had a phone number beneath them and a stop number included. When one dialed the number and entered the stop number, the subject of the picture spoke a thousand words about themselves.

Jennifer told me that she originally wanted twenty-five people to participate in the show, but due to time constraints and various other outside factors, the field was narrowed down to ten. The subjects of the picture included her mentally handicapped sister, a former roommate of hers, friends and even one friend that she had known for two decades, after re-connecting on Facebook.

The night outside on Saturday night was rather cold, but the inviting photo show inside was enough to warm one’s heart. Each person in the photographs were caught at their most vulnerable, whether they knew it or not. This is what Jennifer was attempting to capture, letting the world see exactly what she sees in each person. When I interviewed her for this article, she told me that she drove all over Atlanta, in order to catch each person in the exact position she wanted. Hundreds of dollars in gas and immeasurable amounts of stress, but she managed to create the show that she wanted. The time that she put into putting this show obviously came through in the end.

Each of the pictures captured the subject with something that defined them as a person. For one, it was the jewelry she makes. For another, it was her children. Everything from a laptop to a snake were brought to define the subject of the photo. Listening to the subjects talk about themselves was an experience in and of itself. Each person revealed something about themselves that they normally would not.

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words and each person at the show probably drew their own story from the picture, without even hearing what the subject had to share. Food was provided and there was an open bar, complete with beer and wine. At the end of the tour, there was a total of ten pictures and each person was asked to write their own story about what was behind the photograph.

Jennifer Hope Jacoby’s show will be running through Tuesday, the 22^nd of December, viewings are available by appointment only. For more information, please contact Jennifer Hope Jacoby at JHJ.Photography@gmail.com or visit her website at www.JenniferHopeJacobyPhotography.com

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