We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Jack Kendrick. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Jack below.

Hi Jack, thanks for joining us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

I could give you a book full of the ideas and projects I’ve had over the years but recently I have started a lifetime project called “The Side Effects of Being Human.” This, to me, is the most meaningful piece of work I am going to embark on. This project will be a study of some of the very base forms of human nature, from laughing and crying to even the mundane things like someone staring off into space. Not only will this project be meaningful to me but it will also be important in the fact that it will show people that life is worth paying attention to and admiring.

Jack, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My name is Jack Kendrick but the name/handle I use for my artistic endeavors is Yojimbo Jack and I am a street photographer. I was diagnosed with autism at an early age so I was always using my eyes to see and understand the world around me; photography just became a natural evolution of this. In 2020 I moved out to Denver in an effort to further pursue my passion in street photography. Now street photography by definition is to be out in public taking pictures of everyday life, but to me it’s more than that. Anyone can get out onto the street and just take a photo but i think what sets me apart is being able to capture moments that hold meaning and spark an emotional response. Someone once wrote a poem for me about this very thing and the last few lines of it say: “Any schmuck can
buy a camera,
snap a pic, but an artist
stays their hand
for perfection.”

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The most rewarding aspect for me is seeing the reactions to my work, maybe more so the impact my work leaves on people. Most of the time when I show someone my work I can see their face light up and can only imagine what goes through their head. My work might not be super profound or life changing but as long as I can keep impacting a few people, even in the smallest ways, that will always be my biggest reward.

Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

I wouldn’t necessarily say there are any resources I wish I knew about back then but instead there’s one resource I wish I didn’t take for granted and that’s college. As unnecessary as having a degree in photography is, most art colleges have a multitude of resources for anyone’s artistic fix. My college, for example, had its own darkroom, printing room, development room, studio room for modeling. They would do portfolio reviews and they even had a space for student exhibitions. Unfortunately back then I was too young to understand how important these resources would be in the future. Now all I can do is encourage someone to take advantage of the resources available to them.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yojimbo.jack/
• Other: Email: [email protected]