{"id":1382,"date":"2021-08-20T19:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T23:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/?page_id=1382"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:40:05","slug":"jesse-halpern","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/jesse-halpern\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Halpern, Associate Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jesse Halpern<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Associate Professor &amp; Coordinator Commercial Photography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:jjhalpern@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:jjhalpern@umes.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/06\/Halpern300-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1774\" style=\"width:312px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/06\/Halpern300-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/06\/Halpern300-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/06\/Halpern300-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:49px\">Jesse Halpern\u2019s journey with photography began in his childhood, developing prints in his family\u2019s basement darkroom. His passion for visual storytelling and the photographic process led him to pursue a formal education in photography, earning a BFA in Advertising Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2000. He then moved to New York City, where he launched a successful career as a commercial photographer after assisting some of the industry\u2019s leading professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In 2002, Halpern founded Jesse James Photography, producing work for a range of clients including&nbsp;<em>The Village Voice<\/em>, Canyon Ranch Resorts,&nbsp;<em>Travel Holiday Magazine<\/em>, and numerous advertising and editorial agencies. His experience in commercial photography later inspired a deeper engagement with fine art photography, leading him to pursue an MFA at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, which he completed in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Halpern has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally. His diverse background\u2014spanning commercial, editorial, and fine art photography\u2014brings a dynamic and practical perspective to the classroom. He joined the Department of Fine Arts as an Assistant Professor and Commercial Photography Coordinator, and was recently promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. His professional experience and international outlook continue to benefit students pursuing careers in the evolving field of photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessejamesphotography.com\/\">Jesse James Photography Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Halpern Associate Professor &amp; Coordinator Commercial Photography Email Jesse Halpern\u2019s journey with photography began in his childhood, developing prints in his family\u2019s basement darkroom. His passion for visual storytelling and the photographic process led him to pursue a formal education in photography, earning a BFA in Advertising Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/jesse-halpern\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Jesse Halpern, Associate Professor<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1382","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}