Jeff Burklund Photography

MY LATE FATHER INTRODUCED ME TO PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 70'S. HE WAS A WONDERFUL AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WOULD RECORD OUR FAMILY VACATIONS ON FILM. WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH HE GAVE ME HIS OLD KODAK RETINA CAMERA. THE SAME ONE WHICH HE HAD CARRIED THROUGHOUT EUROPE DURING WWII. THIS CAMERA ALONG WITH HIS GUIDANCE OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR ME.
THE HOME IN WHICH I GREW UP IN WAS DECORATED WITH MY FATHERS PRINTS. WITNESSING HIS PRIDE IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ALONG WITH THE MEMORIES THAT THEY INVOKE, LAID THE SEEDS TO MY LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHY. TODAY, THE WALLS OF MY OWN HOME CONTAIN MANY OF MY OWN PRINTS WHICH GIVES ME GREAT PRIDE. I ALSO SEE MY FATHER IN MANY OF MY PRINTS AND THIS ALSO MAKES ME SMILE.