Jamie Baldridge: Not Just Another Run of the Mill Photographer

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to model for Jamie Baldridge, a photographer well known for his surrealistic style. In transforming me from my former college student self to a masochistic, opera singer to finally, a baguette bashing, anger-crazed woman, Baldridge transported me to his morbidly, whimsical pseudo-reality. And I must confess, it was exhilarating to be a part of his creative process. This is because he is an artist of whom I deeply respect and admire.

Baldridge was born in 1975 and was raised in the deep South. Eventually, he attended college at Louisiana State University focusing his studies on theology and creative writing. However, neither field stimulated him the way the arts did. When he was on the verge of graduating he switched majors and began his venture into the artistic realm.

Today, his works can be found in a plethora of places such as: Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Rare Books collections of the Library of Congress, Cornell University, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The University of Colorado at Boulder, the Rhode Island Institute of Technology, McNeese University's Abercrombie Collection, as well as a variety of private collection. He is also the author of The Everywhere Chronicles, which has been released by 21st Editions.

Needless to say, Jamie Baldridge is a master at his craft. And despite being among many pioneers in this digital age, he shines out against the several crossing this treacherous, cyber-based frontier. He is a maven and his work has a type of ferocious eloquence that is truly breath taking. I can't help but be in awe by all that he has accomplished. It's quite evident that Baldridge has really made a name for himself within the artistic community and deserves nothing but the highest praise. 

Check out Baldridge's works, just click here.