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What I’m Paying Attention To Now
Hey everyone. Welcome back from the break. I hope you had a chance to reset before everything kicks back into motion. On my end, things are already moving quickly. A lot is happening at once, and it feels like the year started in mid-stride. That usually tells me I’m standing in the middle of something that’s already unfolding, not at the beginning of it. Even what holds my attention is different lately. Not in a superficial way, but at a more fundamental level. When you star
Jesse Jacques
Jan 54 min read
Continuity Without Form
Wednesday Jacques, photographed by me Jesse Jacques on black and white film during our final week together. December 2025. A localized alignment within a wider field of organization, where what appears singular is held as part of something larger and ongoing. Some structures of life are always operating, whether we notice them or not. What follows sits with one of them for a moment, the way it becomes easier to sense when continuity loosens. Read it in that spirit. There are
Jesse Jacques
Dec 15, 20257 min read
The Third Presence: Co-Completion and the Architecture of Reciprocity
An architecture of relation. Lines align, a field clicks, and form begins to carry its own weight. Hello everyone. We have another working protocol to explore today. I’ve been deep in a set of demanding projects that went through multiple revisions. One of them, ELEMENTA, required a living lexicon that held together before I could create and photograph the system. It’s been a process. In one of the adjacent builds, a few concepts kept delivering under pressure, so I’m openin
Jesse Jacques
Oct 20, 20257 min read
Behind The Work: The Arrival of MONAD
Constructed and photographed by me, Jesse Jacques , in July 2025 on Cinestill 800T and 400D medium format film. MONAD Field Instrument:...
Jesse Jacques
Jul 7, 20253 min read
Perceptual Cartography: The Hallucination We Call the Self
Still from Tarkovsky’s The Mirror (1975) , a meditation on memory, perception, and the illusions that shape us. Lately, much of my...
Jesse Jacques
Jun 30, 20255 min read
Behind the Scenes: Summer Notes from the Workshop
A glimpse into the materials, mood, and mess behind one of this summer’s photography builds. Hey everyone, It’s pretty much summertime...
Jesse Jacques
Jun 16, 20254 min read
The Simulation Begins: Why Reflection Is Starting to Replace Reality
The simulation doesn’t begin with the machine. It begins with our surrender to the mirror. Duane Michals, “Heisenberg’s Magic Mirror of...
Jesse Jacques
May 26, 20253 min read
The Greatest Creative Shift You’re Not Being Told About
1883 - The field leaves traces, even when you think nothing is happening. This is what frequency encodes. Frequencies, Signal Tuning,...
Jesse Jacques
May 19, 20255 min read
Q&A: A Mix of the Real, the Creative, and the Ridiculous
Some real questions. Some unexpected answers. Behind the scenes, in every sense. (Q&A live now) It’s been almost three years since my...
Jesse Jacques
May 12, 20259 min read
Behind the Work: Tuning Form to Frequency
Image created by me, Jesse Jacques, May 2025 Photographed on Cinestill 800T film on medium format. One expression of a signal tuned...
Jesse Jacques
May 5, 20255 min read
When Your Signal Arrives Before They’re Ready
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Falling Buffalos), 1988–89 Echoes arrive in form before they arrive in understanding. ✦ Transmissions for...
Jesse Jacques
Apr 14, 20253 min read
Equilibrium Study No. 1: Behind the Work
Image created by me, Jesse Jacques, April 2025. Shot on 8x10 film. Structured by necessity and charged with presence. What enters the...
Jesse Jacques
Mar 31, 20252 min read
Going Solo: Self-Portraits with Film Cameras, Mechanical Timers, and the Filmmaker's Tape
Pictured: That's me, captured through the lens of a mechanical film camera for a self-portrait. I used a mechanical self-timer and a good...
Jesse Jacques
Oct 2, 20235 min read
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