Hey! I'm JerredZ - an photographer/artist in Omaha, Nebraska.
I'm an 80's kid, and in the 80's, shit was weird.
I'd be lost in the streets, on my bike with friends, miles and miles and miles away from home. There were no cell phones, and very few safety nets.
I was a geek, always imagining myself on adventures into the unknown. I played Dungeons and Dragons and read H.P. Lovecraft.
I have always, always so desperately wanted ghosts and aliens to be real.
...
But then I grew up, became a teacher, and shut part of my heart off.
I stopped writing incredibly detailed sci-fi/horror adventures for my friends to explore in our roleplaying nights, and instead focused on grown-up things.
I have sorely missed exploring the interesting themes trapped in my mind, and telling weird stories.
North Hawk, Nebraska is that part of me now.
When I explore and see weird things, in my mind, they are always in North Hawk, Nebraska.
For instance, I found this hotel in Marfa, Texas. A horrible, terrible serial killer lives here, right?
Or this creepy scene I found in Missouri Valley, Iowa. (Taken when I couldn't sleep one night.)
In real life it's a fake church set-up like a tourist attraction... but for me, it's in North Hawk, Nebraska.
A cult obviously has taken over the town... and someone just turned on the light at the Preacher's house.
My first ideas for North Hawk came from the following photograph near Beaver Lake that's since been bulldozed.
I shot these with the Canon 10D - a 6 megapixel camera. I had no idea what I was doing, and the photos kinda suck:
I felt it though. I was a grown man with a camera, but my heart was racing.
Is there something here with me? Am I really alone?
What happened here? Why did everyone leave so quickly? Could it happen to me?
And secretly, inside, hoping that something does.
I'll post photos, stories, real and imagined... but all set in North Hawk, Nebraska.
(And no A.I. Ever.)
I hope you dig this.
- Jerred
EMAIL ME! Ideas? Suggestions? Comments?
Thank you!
