Jeano Edwards straddles dual perspectives of the country he left at 16 in ‘EverWonderful’, a self-published new book.
I was born and raised in Jamaica and moved to New York when I was 16. I've been here ever since, except for the two years I spent studying at Goldsmiths in London. And I started taking photos maybe seven or eight years ago. I never wanted to take it seriously -- actually, I remember being very adamant about not wanting to do it as a job! I think this was me finding something that felt very beautiful, special and pure, and I didn't want anything to interfere with that.
Coming from a background where I had no exposure to the arts growing up, I started purely on intuition and following what felt right. As time went on, I became more exposed and involved with the arts and art history. The first photographer I felt inspired me was Henri Cartier-Bresson. His philosophy of"the decisive moment" was the first thing I came across that encapsulated everything I was doing. It still informs how I work today.
Without any exposure to the arts, I didn't grow up seeing photobooks about Jamaica by a Jamaican or anyone for that matter. Maybe there are a ton, and I just don't know about them. Regardless, I wanted to make something that I never had growing up. The title -- " by Ted Taylor. It's difficult to say why I went with this. Something about the way I felt when listening to the song felt familiar to how I felt about home.
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