Alec Jacobson

Photographer, Writer based in Telluride, CO Alec Jacobson portfolio on Visura - a professional network to connect with photo editors and art buyers, and build photography portfolio websites. Visura members, like Alec, share photojournalism, art photography, landscape, travel photography, portraits and more. Alec has 9 stories, community news posts, and 0 images shared in the photo stream.

alecjacobsonphoto.com Alec Jacobson is a photographer and writer who likes to dive deep into slow-moving stories. Drawing on his studies in Anthropology, French and Arabic at Amherst College, he prefers to be the only... read on

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Ranchlands

By Alec Jacobson — Duke Phillips and his family are on a mission to preserve their ranching heritage and conserve western prairie land.

Jun 13, 2019 177

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Global Health

By Alec Jacobson — In 2012 and 2013, I produced a series of books for Danbury Hospital to document the places where they hoped to set up rotations for University of..

May 21, 2019 154

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National Geographic: Fishermen fight to survive on the world's second largest lake

By Alec Jacobson — Lake Victoria supports hundreds of thousands of people, but overuse caused fish populations to collapse. Uganda sent in soldiers—but has it..

May 7, 2019 173

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I Gathered With The Rainbows And They Gave Me Pancakes

By Alec Jacobson — If you want to be precise, the kitchen at the Rainbow Gathering was actually serving “shanty cakes,” which are defined by a combination..

Apr 2, 2019 224

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Acorn to Cask for The Macallan

By Alec Jacobson — I toured cask makers and sherry bodegas in Jerez, Spain, and The Macallan's home in Craigellachie, Scotland to produce a series of images for..

Apr 2, 2019 329

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National Geographic Travler: Peruvian Palate

By Alec Jacobson — Written and shot for National Geographic Traveler Magazine April/May 2019 With support from the National Geographic Society In the northeast corner..

Mar 26, 2019 308

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Chasing Spirits in Old Mexico

By Alec Jacobson — Published with National Geographic, Roads & Kingdoms, Explore Parts Unknown, Slate. “They say that people in America like mezcal a..

Mar 22, 2019 335

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Playboy Magazine: In The Shadow of The Mountain

By Alec Jacobson — Though mountain resort towns, like Telluride where I live, are the spectacularly beautiful sites of memorable vacations, they have a dark underbelly..

Mar 6, 2019 421

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The End of Frenzy: Overfishing in Lake Victoria

By Alec Jacobson — This project is funded by two grants from the National Geographic Society. Update coming soon! “When you look in the country,..

Mar 4, 2019 283

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Documentary, Editorial, Essays, Health/Healing, NGO, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Travel

National Geographic: Fishermen fight to survive on the world's second largest lake

Updated May 07, 2019

Abundance, Arrests and Prosecutions, Beachs, Business, Capitalism, Community, Confrontation, Conservation, Corruption, Dictatorship, Documentary, Dreams, Editorial, Environment, Essays, Food, Globalization, Human Rights, Hunger, Immigration, Oppression, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics, Portraiture, Poverty, Soldiers, Travel, Water, Workers Rights

I Gathered With The Rainbows And They Gave Me Pancakes

Updated Apr 02, 2019

Adolescence, Capitalism, Celebrations, Children, Drug Abuse, Editorial, Essays, Forest, Freedom, Homelessness, Hope, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture

Acorn to Cask for The Macallan

Updated Apr 02, 2019

Advertising, Fire, Food, Photography, Photojournalism

National Geographic Travler: Peruvian Palate

Updated Mar 26, 2019

Peru

Chasing Spirits in Old Mexico

Updated Mar 22, 2019

Affluence, Agriculture, Capitalism, Community, Documentary, Editorial, Essays, Faith, Family, Food, Globalization, Landscape, Latin America, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Still life, Street, Travel

Playboy Magazine: In The Shadow of The Mountain

Updated Mar 06, 2019

Affluence, Beauty, Capitalism, Community, Dreams, Drug Abuse, Dying/Death, Editorial, Emotion, Fashion, Happiness, Health/Healing, Isolation, Mental Illness, Oppression, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Poverty, Sorrow, Vacation

The End of Frenzy: Overfishing in Lake Victoria

Updated Mar 04, 2019

Abuse, Affluence, Beachs, Capitalism, Community, Corruption, Dictatorship, Documentary, Dying/Death, Emotion, Environment, Essays, Food, Globalization, HIV/AIDS, Hunger, Illegal Trafficking, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Prostitution, Reporting, Street, Water