My wife and I were walking along Bourbon street in New Orleans. As we went further down [crossing into the Gay district] we came across these two ponies just walking down the street. Don't ask me why there where wild ponies walking down bourbon. Moreover, nothing seizes to amaze me when it comes to the Big Easy.
Jamil-Kareem Jones is an African American Photographer and Professional Photojournalist (By Trade). Jamil was born and raised in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and after honorably completing his service in the US Army as a combat medic. He relocated his family to a quite New Orleans suburb.
Growing up in single parent house hold in inner-city Philadelphia, Jamil-Kareem was introduced to photography by a mentor and a long time family friend (The Late Theodore Moody) and shown how to use photography as a way of self expression.
Since this time Jamil-Kareem has developed a passion for the Documentography and Fine Arts aspects as photography. Along with his music (Which Jamil-Kareem is a also a professional Guitar Player) He uses his photography as a form as self expression.
"I love photography for it allows me to express the way I see the world and tell her story, both good and bad, It often amazes me how photography freezes a single moment in time and from that frame there are so many stories that could be told from".
Photography literally means in the ancient Greek language "Writer of light" whereas, Jamil-Kareem will always consider himself a lifetime student of this art.