Jacob Simkin
Profile
Visual Artist / Film Maker / Photographer / Relief Aid worker / Mountaineer
I create images and visuals for installation art pieces /
I am in a band called Gotye projecting my images /
I also make music videos /
and take lots of photos for bands /
I also shoot feature films /
I spend half of the year if I can doing volunteer work overseas /
and working as a photojournalist /
i love photographing children especially /
i have an ngo organisation called the An Nur Foundation /
which support the education of under privileged girls /
to recieve an education /
i hang out and play with burmese refugee children /
and do paintings /
I’ve done many different type of jobs /
and have many skills /
i love climbing mountains /
and fighting bush fires /
and going on adventures /
i am doing a Self Portrait series of my life for 1 year /
to see if i live my dream
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Prints sold go to contribute to relief aid work /
with my ngo organisation, An nur (the light) Foundation /
you can contact me for any details /
www.myspace.com/jacobsimkin /
www.flickr.com/photos/jacobsimkin /
email: jake.simkin@gmail.com
Groups
Jacob Simkin is a member of Compassion, Courage & Friendship and Himalaya.
Journal Entries
going to afghanistan
Posted about 1 year ago, 7 comments so far.
Pillars 7 (in the works)
Posted about 1 year ago.
Pillars 6
Posted about 1 year ago, 1 comment so far.
Pakistan photo videojournal
Posted over 2 years ago, 5 comments so far.
Through my Eyes Project Fundraiser
Posted over 2 years ago, 4 comments so far.
Through My Eyes Project
Posted over 2 years ago, 2 comments so far.
The Grand Plan
Posted over 2 years ago, 14 comments so far.
Pillars 5
Posted over 2 years ago, 1 comment so far.
Pillars 4
Posted over 2 years ago, 1 comment so far.
Pillars 3
Posted over 2 years ago, 4 comments so far.
Art
Writing
Indira Gandhi Hospital
I took a visit to the Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul, / the central children’s and maternal mother hospital. / It was rather quiet in the hospital, the light shining through windows only. / My f…
Memorial Poem for the IRC collegues that were killed
We fly to these dusty plains / with dreams and hopes / of making a better tommorrow Let smiles take us / Gratitude engulf us / Take to our hearts / Realise everything is possible Even in death /…
the incadescent goal
And he knew / Never from the depths of the horizons / would the prophetic wanderer emerge / the traveler / whose finger pointed at infinity / at the incandescent goal / the transparent way / the inacc…
poetry from an afghan woman
give me your hand, / my loved one, / and we will hide in the meadow / to love or fall down beneath the knife I jump into the river, / but the current does not carry me / my husband is fortunate; / …
The Road to Tora Bora
I headed out to Tora Bora / to film where Osama Bin Laden’s last stand was / an epic journey through the mountains of Nangahar province / with the blessing of the Governor / and 9 of his best me…
Kite Running
i watch the kites fly in the skies. / how beautifully they soar / such great heights / how the children laugh / dreaming it could be them
