Joseph Jachna

In the 1950s, Joseph Jachna received a "newspaper carrier's scholarship" to attend the Chicago Institute of Design. He decided to focus on photography and went on to receive his master's degree there and a bachelor's in education. Jachna's thesis was a 3 year, in-depth photography study of water, which I find very interesting (to think he invested so much time in studying a single phenomenon...really admirable) (...although I'm sure a whole lifetime of studying wouldn't be enough to truly understand any single phenomenon) (but it's cool that he was so invested).

I've chosen the images below because I like that it takes a little while to understand what's happening visually--it sort of makes me uncomfortable. They have a very manipulated feel to them, which is strong considering everything was done manually, or with only the camera and environment. They are circa 1970.