About Jesse Hoff

Jesse Hoff, has been traveling the world since 2004. His travels have taken him to four contenients, 18 countries, and all fifty of the United States. Jesse has been a active freelance photographer, videographer, and web designer for 5 years and uses Canon and Sony digitial technology. His stock work is represented by Dreamstime. He currently is in Fairbanks, Alaska hunting the Aurora Borealis while he waits for a good day to summit the mountain the Athabascan's call Denali (the tall one). Jesse holds an interdisciplinary degree in Applied Science from the School of Engineering at Rutgers University.

Photographers Statement:

I often say that I like photography because it gives me an excuse to stare, to observe something and not look odd while doing so.  I find photography provides an enhanced sense of visual awareness, it allows me to document, to a certain degree, what my eye sees but it also allows me to see beyond the capabilities of the eye. This part of photography truly interests me: the art forms ability to go beyond what nature has given us. 

I enjoy how photography forces me to become more aware of light itself. This vital energy source is what a photographer must learn to see in different ways: the quality, the angle, the different colors it takes on.... I find it only fitting that this energy form that permeates the universe, is the very energy source that makes much of life possible. It is a joy to study photography; in essence it is the study of truly seeing things in a different light.

To increase awareness and compassion is my primary goal as an artist and as a person. My hope is that my images can inspire a sense of wonder and appreciation for the natural world. I wish for others to see the world and life for what they are: a delicate balance that can easily be tipped and destroyed, a constant process of becoming. If I can convey this understanding to others, if I can stop an individual, make them wonder, or feel at peace for a second then that will make all the difference.