Jordan Fraker Photography

12/30/2019

A hearty (and heartfelt) thanks to all of my clients this year! I cannot begin to show enough appreciation for all of you. Here are some cool pics that I did in this last quarter (and perhaps from even before that because I've been too darn busy to post on here). I'll try to post more in the new decade!

07/14/2019

As cliched as it comes across, I really really do love my job. I'm so very thankful for those of you who've chosen me as your photographer for yesterday, today, and in the future. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The breadth of needs that I've been hired for has been a test to my ability and a testament of your trust in my ability. I get goosebumps reflecting on this journey and the places it could take me. I will always photograph for you and your needs, and not for myself or my ego. Thank you thank you THANK YOU! Here's a small collection of images I've been commissioned to do this year that you maybe haven't seen!

03/29/2019

So 2019 has been crazy so far! I've already had the pleasure of going to Jamaica for business (with the wife!), and also went to NYC for pleasure (with the wife!). I have exciting things to show you that I've been working on. It's almost overwhelming (almost)!

But even through all the insanity, I managed yesterday to do a very needed website update. There's a bunch of new stuff up, take a look! www.jordanfraker.com

Quadruple thanks to all my friends and clients, you are making this dream come true for me. I promise to keep being me, being excited and inspired to work with you and create images for you that turn heads (hopefully in a good way) and help you promote what you're doing. If we haven't worked together yet... let's!

Here are some shots from (mostly) the first quarter of 2019....

01/02/2019

2018.... it was a very good year. Here's to 2019 being even better. As I like to do, a huge thanks to all of my clients, supporters, and cheerleaders. Here's a collection of images from the last quarter of 2018 in no particular order.

10/26/2018

I’m proud to present to the world.... Sarah. I recently was asked by a Dallas based nonprofit called Human Rights Initiative to collaborate with several other artists, from many mediums, on a series of pieces regarding refugees here in Dallas. HRI specializes in helping acclimate new refugees into the United States. Sarah is from Benin Africa, has lived here for a few years with her brother and sister. I was able to spend time with Sarah over the past month or so and am honored to show our work together. On October 27th, these artworks will be on display and auctioned, to help benefit many other refugees who need our help.

Thank you Sarah. We are so pleased to have you here. You make this country better. And thanks to Human Rights Initiative for allowing me to work with her and for you.

Tomorrow evening, Saturday Oct 27th, we will be celebrating these brave souls at the Rock Your Heart Out event, "celebrating former clients of HRI who've successfully found safety and freedom."

If you'd like to join us, contact me or go to http://www.rockyourheartout.org/

To me, this is what makes America really great.

Below is my artist statement regarding the project:

Sarah's journey from Benin to the United States, as well as the reason for this journey, is a unique one. When people hear the word "refugee", it's accompanied by the thought of a certain hardship related to war torn environments, corrupt governments, or fundamentally unlivable conditions. With Sarah, a family matter of the darkest nature is what forced her to leave Africa. Beyond her best ability, neither Sarah or her parents could reason with a family member to forgo a brutal and antiquated tradition and ceremony. The tradition, based in outdated and cruel intention, was designed to maul Sarah and chain her to a life she did not ask for. Her father, highly against any of this, decided it best to send her to the United States to live with Sarah's brother and sister. With her eyes to the future, Sarah lives a quiet life now in the Dallas area; the most important thing now is for her to focus on her school work and the remaining family whom she loves and trusts. "There is no reason to look back", Sarah says. "I can now relax". Through her hard work and dedication, and the many opportunities offered to her here in America, Sarah will be the best person she can be. It's the choice she wants to make.

I was able to spend a little bit of time with Sarah, getting to know her, her dreams, her sense of humor. She a very sweet girl, full of positivity, and has no time for the typical teenage shenanigans. After long and careful thought on how I wanted to depict her in my photographs, I decided it would be a disservice to both myself and Sarah to do anything other than what I normally would do: to photograph her as the person she is. She's stylish, bold, and thoughtful. She's quiet, but not afraid to fight for what she believes in. So many of her values come specifically from her parents and her siblings. The quotes on the pieces are words of wisdom, life lessons from her parents. The translations for the quotes are as follows:
1. My Mother always told me to put your trust and sorrows into the hands of God.
2. My Father always told me to fight for what I want in life.
3. My Father and Mother told me you will always be the head, and never the tail victorious.

09/19/2018

Hey everyone! Well, another quarter has passed... and life and work couldn't be better. It’s been 7 months, and so much has happened for my career and overall well being. Again, one day, I’ll be sure to write a book about my path to getting here. But I just wanted to give a huge shout out to all my clients the past few months. I appreciate you so much. And for those that I haven't worked with yet, but have referred me, I appreciate that as well! You're the best!

As I try to do every few months or so, I've updated my website. I've changed my "Stage" category to "Promo", since it's for more than just theater press images. I've also added a new category, "Overview", which I probably should've done from the start. Now when you go to my website and click "enter", you are taken to a general category, full of a variety of images I love that go nicely together (even when they're really all over the place). If you've never been to my website, check it out!

www.jordanfraker.com

So here's a small taste of some work I've done this summer. As Fall finally begins to roll in, and the temperatures finally cool off a bit, outside shoots will be amazing! I can't wait to work with more of you!

08/18/2018

A huge thank you to The Artist Sustainability Project for having me this morning for the Artists That Work workshop. So fantastic to be on a stage with so many successful working artists, from such different backgrounds, it was a sincere pleasure to be there and to contribute my take on being an artist in today’s world and how to make it work!

06/26/2018

What an incredible couple months it's been for me and my business. I just want to say, from the bottom of my heart, a gigantic thank you to all my clients! Y'all have been unbelievable to work with.

So with that said, I've just made a nice little update to the ole www.jordanfraker.com, so feel free to check out what's new, including a sparkly new gallery called "Stage", where I will have some of my theatrical press images, as well as some other concept art I'll be doing with the actors and models I work with! Excited to add more to that category in the next few months! I've also added a bunch to my personal work category, as well as several new commercial portraits and assets, actor headshots, and a lot more.

So here's a very small taste of some new stuff that's been uploaded and previously unseen on Facebook. Here's to amazing summer working with fantastic clients. Cheers!

06/20/2018

Thanks for the write up, Voyage Dallas!

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jordan Fraker. Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours? I suppose as a kid, I was as creative as any other. I loved to draw and I especially enjoyed legos and building blocks. I had this bag of rudimentary wooden building blocks [....

05/15/2018

Real happy about this one! “Taming The Shrew” is happening this summer at Shakespeare In the Park!!! For this shot, I went with a Maltese Falcon vibe, as this production has the story taking place in the early 1900s, and I absolutely cannot wait to see it. A big thanks to Shakes Dallas, Jenni Stewart and everyone for having me and allowing me to get the press pics poppin!

04/18/2018

This week, I was finally able to put the finishing touches on the great Kristin McCollum’s headshots, one of Dallas’ best and most respected actors. We’re both very pleased with how these turned out. Loved the expression on this one, not everyone is capable of the wide gamut of faces this woman can bring! Had so much fun working with her. Also another hearty holler to Kim Dawson, and to Anastasia Munoz and Arts Mission Oak Cliff for always providing an amazing shoot location....

04/05/2018

Axay Parekh, Tulsa Real Estate Extraordinare, could, and probably should, run for Congress! Love this shot.