HeyJaredTender Lens
Tender Lens is a non-linear dive into history, photography, the outdoors, and daily life of a Montanan living mostly outside the US.
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Armadillos, AI glasses, and Ethics (opens the original)
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The same way that being a historian means I get to delve into the past on any topic I’d like and learn about it (Immigration history in Montana! The history of blood transfusions! Cartilage and skin grafting development during World War I!), being a professional photographer means that I work with people, go to places, and learn about weird things I never might otherwise. No two clients or situations are the same, and that has been one of the best parts of starting this business of mine so far.
The Precious Place That Raised Me (opens the original)
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Most of this was written last weekend, but I waited for my film scans so you can get a better-ish sense of things. I also had a brain fart all week that required me to spend my limited energy cold-emailing cool companies I want to work for and scanning film. <source type="image/webp"
Leaves in the Dishwasher and Smoke in the Air (opens the original)
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We’re moved in, folks. (Well, almost.)Over three weeks after unloading the moving truck, things are finally coming together. It’s never taken this long, and it’s partially because the folks who lived here before us left us a disgusting apartment that needed hours upon hours of steam cleaning, vacuuming, sweeping, wiping, spraying, dusting, scrubbing, and rehabbing. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-NvO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:s
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