Jake Reinhart is a photographer born in 1979 and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He recently received the “Pittsburgh Filmmakers Emerging Photographer Award” and the Greater Pittsburgh Art’s Council’s An Artist Opportunity Grant. The American photographer was a semifinalist at the 89th annual Philadelphia Print Center’s annual international photography and printing competition. During his career, he has assisted photographers such as Zoe Strauss, Mark Neville and Tabitha Soren.

Entitled “Where The Land Gives Way“, his work is inspired by the history of his hometown and explores the importance of the place in relation to identity and community formation.
“I am fascinated by my home and the reasons why people live here. In the physical landscape, I see nature adapting to what it is while trying to hold on to what it was. I think this is a metaphor for the culture of this region. Like the path of the stream, I am trying to reconcile my perception of the present through the influence of remembering what has been. Memory gives way, eroded by the events I have experienced. The process of growth and decay continues.”

Photography allowed him to explore the concept of memory and how he was influenced by the culture of his city, Pittsburgh.
Through his moving photographs, Jake Reinhart stops time, immortalizing the community of his city and even the places of his childhood.