{"id":19046,"date":"2017-06-06T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T12:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=19046"},"modified":"2017-06-06T13:05:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:05:23","slug":"identity-and-self-expression-with-musician-turned-street-photographer-trenton-eleque-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/identity-and-self-expression-with-musician-turned-street-photographer-trenton-eleque-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity and Self-Expression with Musician-Turned-Street Photographer Trenton Eleque James"},"content":{"rendered":"
Trenton Eleque James<\/a> is a street photographer who has lived across the country in Los Angeles and across the ocean in Spain, but ultimately calls Connecticut home. His photography\u00a0has been exhibited all around the state at Hygienic Art<\/a>, Slater Memorial Museum<\/a>, and even Starbucks, where he was featured as the artist of the month in February.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In fact, the first time we met him was at a Starbucks in New Haven, CT. He saw the camera hanging from our\u00a0shoulder and introduced himself as a kindred spirit. Months later,\u00a0Art Zealous caught up with this emerging photographer in the very same Starbucks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Art Zealous<\/strong>:\u00a0What’s your artistic background? How did you get started in photography?<\/strong><\/p>\n Trenton Eleque James<\/strong>: I’m self taught. I decided I wanted a camera, so I went to a pawn shop and got a Canon T2i. I found out about street photography through one of my friends, who was taking a class at the time. He was doing projects and I would go out with him, shoot a little bit, then it just kind of took off from there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n