Don't Cry I Have

My book of photos and drawings from Brasil is finally finished and available online for purchase! WHOOT!

Don't Cry I Have by Jake Scharbach | Make Your Own Book

Boob Drawings

I don't know why I keep drawing boobs in my sketchbook.

Photos of Brasil

My first time shooting 6X7. I think I'm in love. These are a couple that I am working on as part of the series.




Sao Paulo, Brasil 2011
Shot handheld on Rodrigo's balcony.


Barrinha, Brasil 2011
A fishing village in the north.

Nausea

Adventures In The Skin Trade

Andy Meets Fante

I've been building little sets out of books using the covers and titles as a starting point for watercolor drawings. I'm really interested in using these old anatomical studies as actors in my little plays. They are so expressive. And they don't complain. And I don't need to supply hot coffee and bagels.

A Brand New Economy

I just updated my photo website with new work from the last few months. Over the summer and fall I was working on a TV show called "Running Wilde" on the Sands Point Preserve on Long Island. Beautiful grounds with a giant Gothic Pre-war Mansion and stables resembling a castle. However, the structures inside were hauntingly barren and in some areas severely dilapidated. What was once a symbol of wealth beyond imagination is now crumbling away. Then I went to Florida and was blown away by what a desolate suburban, strip mall, parking lot-far-as-the-eye-can-see shithole that place is. So all of this thinking about desolation and decline is interspersed with pictures of family and friends, who are a warm counterbalance to my gloomy default perspective. Thank god for them. LINK