Read the full article by Casey Rafter at Sacramento News & Review
Water seeped into my clothes as I waded into Dry Creek: I was fully awake, dressed smartly but casually while stepping deeper and deeper into the Rio Linda waterway. Nearby, Sacramento photographer Elle Jaye was wrapping her hand in electrical tape after she’d gouged her palm while setting up on the grassy embankment.
She didn’t let the wound stop her from descending into the current to shoot photos.
An hour and a half later, we were both soaked to the chest.
Weeks later, I received 66 striking images—looking friendly in some and mysterious in others. But in every single picture, Elle Jaye showed me a perspective of myself that I wouldn’t have been able to capture without her experience and creativity.