Easter Celebration
Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain; But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah! Martin […]
Celebration of Passover
“Passover has a message for the conscience and the heart of all mankind. For what does it commemorate? It commemorates the deliverance of a people from degrading slavery, from most foul and cruel tyranny. And so, it is Israel’s – nay, God’s protest against unrighteousness, whether individual or national.” ~ Morris Joseph
7 World Trade Center, Manhattan, NYC, 2010
I was drawn by the way the building seems to disappear become part of the clouds and sky. JR To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the […]
“New York City Landmarks” Photographs by Jake Rajs Text by Francis Marrone
Press Release New York City Landmarks Jake Rajs Antique Collectors’ Club9781851496853 £12.95 Hardback 195 mm x 145 mm 236 pages Publishing May 2012 Stunning images of New York’s most famous landmarks, captured in ways never seen before. Includes 10 fold-out spreads and the history behind each landmark. New York is constantly changing and reinventing […]
Modern Home, 733 Daniels Lane, designed by Charles Gwathmey, Sagaponack, New York
Modern Home, 733 Daniels Lane, designed by Charles Gwathmey, Sagaponack, New York, Was very happy to photograph this Gwathmey House. He was one of America’s best modern architects. It was one of the most beautiful homes I have photographed. It was perfectly conceptually and physically put together. The geometry, light, forms and quality of the […]
Manhattan An Island In Focus book by Jake Rajs
Manhattan an Island in Focus introduction Manhattan is a romance between the dreams of its people and their reality. As a photographer I try to capture those special visual moments when the dream becomes a real. My earliest memory of the city is the immigrant’s introduction to the Promised Land. I was eight years […]
New New York, a collage photograph by Jake Rajs
New New York, Collage of buildings that were build the first decade of the 21 century A couple of years ago I noticed that New York had gone through an architectural transformation. It moved into the 21 century. This is an image of the new buildings and parks that were created during the first decade […]
Presidents Day, Washington’s Birthday, Mount Vernon, Mount Rushmore by Jake Rajs
Mount Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, was the plantation home of George Washington, the first President of the United States. The mansion is built of wood in neoclassical Georgian architectural style, and is located along the Potomac River. Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to […]
Shooting Aerials from a helicopter, Empire and Statue of Liberty buildings,NYC
One of the most exciting experiences I have is photographing the city from a helicopter. It’s like being Superman, swooping in and around the buildings, circling the Statue of Liberty. Just as the camera is a machine that I can use to extend my vision, the helicopter is another extension, giving me the ability to fly. […]
8 Spruce Street, architect Frank Gehry, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
8 Spruce Street, architect Frank Gehry, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. I love the fluid forms of the building as you look up into the sky. The steel and glass wall looks like it is a curtain blowing in the wind. “Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” Frank […]
Perpetual Learning-Lincoln Center-Welcome Led Lighted Staircase
Perpetual Learning I go to work every morning with the possibility that I might learn something I don’t already know. . . . If you look at a problem as an opportunity to show what you already know, it’s useless. You should look at every problem and think, “What can I learn by doing this?” […]
Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, by Cass Gilbert, Triumph of the Human Spirit, Sculptor Lorenzo Pace, Foley Square Black History
A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi… has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It’s not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. Thurgood Marshall If the First Amendment means […]
Apollo Theater, famous music hall Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York – Black History
Apollo Theater, most famous music hall, Architect: George Keister, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA he Apollo Theater in New York City is one of the oldest and most famous music halls in the United States, and the most famous club associated almost exclusively with African-American performers. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places,[2] and was the home of Showtime at the […]
Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, Black History
Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee,which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street. It is a significant location in the city’s history, as well as in the history of the blues. Today, the blues clubs […]
Black History – Contrast Slave Cabin – Plantation
Black History – Contrast Slave Cabin – Plantation Slave Cabin, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Ashley River Road, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
African Burial Ground National Monument, Manhattan, New York
African Burial Ground National Monument, Manhattan, New York Graves, African Burial Ground National Monument, Manhattan,New York City, New York,
Cooper Union new Academic building designed by Thom Mayne of firm Morphosis, New York City
Cooper Union new Academic building designed by Thom Mayne of firm Morphosis, New York City New York I was walking through the village in 2009, when I saw this building for the first time. It was a total wow moment. It showed the transformation that the city was going through. It led to a book […]
Jake Rajs, The Eye of America, By R. B. Stuart, Long Island Magazine January 2008
January 2008, Article, Jake Rajs, The Eye of America, By R. B. Stuart, Long Island Magazine January 2008 Tucked away in an old converted firehouse on the North Fork, is international photographer Jake Rajs whose dramatic landscapes have graced the pages of LIFE, Esquire, OMNI, Travel & Leisure and others. This quiet, unsuspecting visual artist possesses […]
IAC building designed by Frank O. Gehry and 100 Eleventh Avenue designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Beyer Blinder Bell, Chelsea, NYC
Sunset from the Highline, NYC I was walking on the Highline 3 years ago and saw the IAC building designed by Frank O. Gehry and 100 Eleventh Avenue designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Beyer Blinder Bell, realized how much New York had changed. I’m always trying to create something that has never been created before. […]
Canyons of the Ancients, Colorado
Winter morning driving the back roads of Colorado. The storm was clearing and I decided to snowshoe into Canyons of the Ancients, to see the Lowry Pueblo Ruins, an Indian ruin that I had not visited before. As the sun started coming out it illuminated the fresh snow and ruins. The ancient ruins contrasted with the […]
Article Capturing a Resurgent City, East Hampton Press and Southampton Press
12-12-05 Article Capturing A Resurgent City Written by Tom Clavin, published in The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press, Review of Book, New New York by Jake Rajs
New New York, by Jake Rajs, Published by Random House Monacalli Press
New New York by Jake Rajs published by Random House, Monacelli Press “See exquisite images capturing the indomitable spirit of NYC as photographer Jake Rajs celebrates the city’s newest landmarks—Time Warner Center, Hudson River Park, MoMA sculpture garden and more—placing them in the context of famous highlights such as Rockefeller Center, the Brooklyn Bridge, Lincoln […]