https://jacobwlewis.com/home daily 1.0 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1649957193801-0SC3QRIX53TZUH4997WR/Bertillon.jpg home My name is Jacob W. Lewis. I write and teach about photographs and their histories. I enjoy collaborating with scholars, artists, educators, and more. If you are looking to hire me, please visit client services and get in touch. I also record amateur music and can help you with sound editing and/or sound mixing, if that's your thing. I live in Catonsville, Maryland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1651766869012-EAH6XH9V5BHD9SHB19YQ/Negre%2Bcopy%2B2.jpg home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1651768485407-8K6B4EKA8KTW588BM8DQ/cromer.jpg home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1652276870966-9ICTE8DTFEBPC09KM1AO/Figure_1.1.jpg home https://jacobwlewis.com/writing daily 0.75 2024-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1649948000408-AAGWYXA55CEBOW05OACT/jpg_rgb_1500h.jpg writing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1654004652478-VRCVAK4VHR46OCF7G09H/cromer+cover.jpeg writing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1652732308307-FOJ63PQAE8AYC7YFJR6A/Azoulay.jpg writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1651601793604-W7B980T4C9BPPNMVS3ZX/05_Atget.jpg writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1652276842743-MUXCD4IUKY50AULHBC29/Figure_1.1.jpg writing https://jacobwlewis.com/services daily 0.75 2023-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1651852332532-5J5ZEPXJ9PU9RG5N31X0/image-asset.jpeg services - h ow does this work? Let's say you've encountered my writing out in the world, or here on this website. Along with my published work, my areas of interest include the history of photography (1839–today), the social history of modern art, media studies, and iconoclasm (image-breaking). Let's say you are a scholar, artist, writer, or editor, and you'd like to reach me with either a research inquiry, a request for an editor, or an opportunity to write for a publication. For all those “let's says,” let me say that I am for hire! https://jacobwlewis.com/academic-cv daily 0.75 2025-07-15 https://jacobwlewis.com/resources daily 0.75 2023-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1652977208574-VW7LNGXGEAUQ5LWY5LKV/williams.jpeg resources - History of Photography A semi-comprehensive course on the history of photography, from its invention to contemporary times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/6be4a03c-b5d7-4dcf-8487-e3fc9934970c/Bing_SelfPortraitLeica_1931.jpg resources - Photography & the Self A seminar on photography's framing of identity, subjectivity, & embodiment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1652977183541-KBRWN8BPNRH9YGALBQAZ/0.10_Exhibition.jpg resources - Iconoclasm A course about the destruction of images – both real & imagined – from Byzantium to the present. https://jacobwlewis.com/resources/iconoclasm daily 0.75 2024-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1653745459578-N9NPG55FIXGEIILIGA67/do-the-right-thing-riot.jpg Iconoclasm - Make it stand out Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, dir.), 1989 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1653746445547-TDS1M3S111CY090GM87R/golden-calf-syndrome-golden-calf.jpg Iconoclasm - Make it stand out The Ten Commandments (Cecile B. DeMille, dir.), 1956 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/625832f312ef0a4dae1a6ffe/1652920901272-S1CFB9RFHS4VDUWJP1ZE/Ruff_jpeg.jpg Iconoclasm - Make it stand out Thomas Ruff, jpeg ny02, 2004. 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