My name is Jaden La Rocque (b. 2000), and I was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. From there, I pursued my passion for photography at Bard College in New York, where I earned my Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2023.

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My main interests in my work are photographing places that hold their own quirks and personalities, shaping the environment they stand in as a sort of being within themselves. My grandfather, who was a deeply grounded empath, pushed me to think about the memories lost within an old deconstructed house, to imagine the movement and blinking of an old relative stuck in a frame, and to consider the natural world as a portal for humans to define themselves, for it is a blank canvas.

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I have worked in all formats of photography, but analog has always been my most beloved, like my own creation from the unraveling, to the self-development, and then to the darkroom for printing. The format adds elements of mystery, an urge for perfection, and a deeper internalization of what to photograph and why.

 

From teaching underclassmen in the darkroom to assisting successful artists in their studios, and now serving as a Fine Art Print Technician in Brooklyn, the idea of an art community and uplifting fellow artists is the number one value I hold dear. Through this, I believe the horizon for art is ever-expanding.