Jefferson Evans

5115 Knickerbocker Dr., Apt. 201
Alexandria, VA 22310
571-272-7574

I was born in Memphis, TN and moved to Northern Virginia in 1990 to take a job with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, then in Crystal City, now moved to the Carlyle Campus off Duke Street in Alexandria. A frequent world traveler at the PTO convinced me of the joys of the Old World, even if one must go alone, so around 1993 I took the plunge with a solo jaunt to England. I then convinced my good friend Jody Herndon of the veracity of said joys and soon we were regular sojourners through the wonderful places of Europe. Jody’s desire to better capture the experience on film led him to educate himself on the art and the equipment of photography (and later become a professional photographer in Memphis), and I was happy to take advantage of my friends growing expertise.
So travel photography was the beginning. Later friends introduced me to the joys of garden photography and to better capture the growing things in gardens such as Green Springs Garden Park, I obtained a high quality macro lens which brings us to the present and my growing love of closeup flower and plant photography. My friend Jody is all about classic black and white, but I have always loved color and what better place to find wonderful flourishes of color, brilliant and subtle, than in a garden? That said, infrared photography has become a growing love of mine and some such images are among my favorites, captured in places ranging from the Bad Lands of South Dakota, to Kyoto, Japan, to Venice, Italy.
I have sold prints to friends, family, and the occasional stranger. At small neighborhood craft shows and at the A Show of Hands art consignment store off Mt Vernon Avenue in Alexandria, and now Gallery West on King Street in Alexandria, VA. I do hope to more broadly market his images but for now I’m mostly just happy to enjoy the process, the art, the garden, the travel, and the good people it has all brought him into contact with. Prost!