Yvette Treco (Bahamas Weekly) writes about photographer Jeremy Lavender’s framing of the Bahamas’ natural beauty through his lens. Here are excerpts with a link to the full article below:

Jeremy Lavender has over 30 years of experience in photography, his subjects range from landscapes, wildlife, architectural and historical places as well as street life. He has travelled throughout Europe, North America and Mexico, Central and South America and now The Bahamas, where he is captivated by the beauty and the diversity of each individual island as well as the rich and enthralling history, culture and people of this Archipelago.

The Bahamas is a small Country with more than 700 islands and keys sparsely located in a huge perimeter bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea which help local communities of each island to keep a very individual and specific heritage and way of life. People from all islands are proudly Bahamian first of course but still they’re proud of their individual island taking every opportunity to tell you “I’m an Androsian” (from Andros Island) or “I’m an Abaconian (from The Abaco)” or “I’m Grand Bahamian (from Grand Bahama) and the same goes for all the other islands. This, alone, shows the importance of local settlements and communities having their own identity, different activities, different natural resources, even sometimes different Ethnic group origins. It also shows the diversity inside a single, yet small nation. The blend of history, cultures and people makes this tiny Nation a true amazement for curious and inquiring travelers.

[. . .] Photographs are silent speakers but still are the most powerful media to send you a message. Whenever a photograph is well done it reflects a dream, beauty, unknown, sadness or atrocity, the message will be clear and straight to the world. When traveling, Jeremy’s main objective is always to keep a really open mind about what he is seeing and a total respect for different people cultural customs but still he feels the need to share through his lens what he is discovering on his path. [. . .] When showing his photographs of The Bahamas to local people or people who have been visiting for many years, the greatest reward for Jeremy is to see the amazement and surprised expression on their faces or to hear them say “I didn’t even know this was here in The Bahamas” or “I see that every day and never noticed how beautiful it was.” There are just so many things that surround us on a daily basis that we never notice or even see in detail.

[. . .] Jeremy will hold his first Private Photographic Exposition in The Bahamas in December 2012. [. . .] Framed and matted photographs will be available for sale at the exposition as well as the event will also serve as the presentation of his first released collector’s edition printed book. This book, adaptly [sic] named “ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS,” will feature a collection of 250 stunning HDR photographs from all the major islands in The Bahamas depicting the Heritage, Culture and everyday life of the Bahamian People, creating an amazing visual discovery of this beautiful Country  giving visitors and locals alike a breathtaking photographic journey through these Bahama Islands.

For full article, see http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/arts-and-culture/The_Bahamas_through_the_lens_of_Jeremy_Lavender21783.shtml

Tickets for the Private Photographic Exposition will be on sale this fall, to find out more, go to http://www.242digital.com/ contact.html