In this conversation, Jason discusses, among other things:

Photography as a tool to explore one’s interpretation of reality

Being private investigators of your subject

Engaging new book design perspectives

Making creative choices that build context

Organizational structure’s influence on editing

Allowing curiosity to explore one’s feelings

Jewish mysticism

The power of text

How the digital age impacts representation and acquisition

Crafting a dream within a dream within a dream

This work is traveling to:

Museum of History and Holocaust Education, Kennesaw, GA.

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Portland, OR.

Holocaust Museum, Houston, TX.

Artist Resources/Inspiration

Books 

BERLIN by Jason Langer, Kerber Verlag

Twenty Years by Jason Langer, Radius Publishing

Possession by Jason Langer, Nazareli Press

The Art of the Memoir by Mary Karr

Memories, Dreams, Reflections by CG Jung

Media

Wings of Desire (1988)

Station to Station by David Bowie (1976)

Films of Wim Wenders’

Stevie Wonder

Creative Collaborators 

Matthew Papa

Diane Smyth

Mary Virginia Swanson 

Brad Temkin

Phyllis Galembo

Melanie McWhorter

Loli Kantor

Brassaï

Organizations

Jewish Book Council

Clamp Art, NYC

Esther Woerdehoff, Paris

Gillman Contemporary, Idaho

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