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Walt Jones

Los Angeles, CA, United States

I make photographs to reconnect with the organic world. There's so much reality we overlook in our d...

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Walt Jones

Joined In 2012

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About the artist

Walt Jones

Joined In 2012

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(16 Followers)

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I make photographs to reconnect with the organic world. There's so much reality we overlook in our daily routines. I try to find and share it.

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To see Walt Jones rushing among LA's concrete and post-production studios, you wouldn't think he spent his youth hiking and paddling northern Minnesota's woods and lakes. But after learning to tie knots and stay warm in the outdoors, he came inside and partnered with others during high school to produce shows for local cable, design theatrical lighting and write computer programs.

As he built this early résumé, Walt developed a love for creative technologies and collaboration. This led to work as a rock concert roadie; a lighting designer for plays, music, opera and ballet; a software developer during the dot-com era; and a television producer. Those proclivities also trumped his need for untamed nature when he found a home amid LA's creative, fast-paced culture. For the past half-dozen years, Walt has focused a split lens on tweaking and twisting reality for Hollywood while seeking reality's essence with his own photography, both near home and during regular escapes. Between traveling to some of the world's wildest places, he has pushed pixels to help build a long list of film...

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