Jessie currently focuses on creating cinematic portraits. She shoots 35mm portraits in natural light, framing subjects in a widescreen, cinematic format reminiscent of film stills.
Her practice invites subjects to return to their most authentic selves. She explores the tension between who we think we are and who we actually are, using her intuitive empathy to disarm defenses and uncover limitless potential. Her portraits go beyond mere likenesses—they are souvenirs of pure self-expression, capturing mood, atmosphere, and narrative in a style more akin to cinematography than traditional glamour shots. She works with creatives, dreamers, storytellers, visionaries, and true originals, translating character and story into visual poetry that honors the fullness of each individual. Her goal is to unveil the core of who you are, creating scenes that draw viewers into your unique, nuanced perspective.
Shooting details: Nikon N65 35mm camera, Kodak Portra film, horizontal format, natural (non-studio) light, scanned then edited on Photoshop & Lightroom.
Package 1
Duration: 1 hour
1 look
Shoot 3 rolls of 35mm film
5 high quality lightly retouched digital scans
$250
Package 2
Duration: 2 hours
2 looks
Shoot 5 rolls of 35mm film
10 high quality lightly retouched digital scans
B-roll video footage
$375
(+ cost of film and developing)
*can purchase additional photos
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Previous Work:
Contributing Photojournalist
Purple Fashion Magazine’s Diary: 2011-2019
Publications
Art21, ArtInfo, Artillery, Autre, Broadway World, Babe Rally, Bullett, BUST, The Chapess Zine, Creator’s Connect, Dazed, Departures, Dwell, Electric Literature, FEM Magazine, Fashion Etc, Filter, Filter, Grandlife Hotels, Grazia, The Hollywood Reporter, Huffington Post, LA Weekly, Live Fast, Lomography, The London Evening Standard, Los Angeles Magazine, Miami New Times, Ms. Magazine, Nylon, Oyster, Paper, Poetry Foundation, Refinery 29, Take Part, The Sun-Sentinel, Teen Vogue, V Magazine, Vogue Italia, Whitewall, Zink
Exhibitions
Seeing Double, Clandestina, Art Basel Miami: Photography & Mixed-Medium, 2023
Go For Broke, Swampspace, Miami, FL: Photographer, 2015
Hello, Selfie! by Kate Durbin, Los Angeles, CA: Photographer, 2014
The Chapess Zine #6 Exhibition, Doomed Gallery, Dalston, London, UK: Photographer, 2014
Hello, Selfie!, Transfer Gallery, New York, NY: Photographer, 2014
Open House, curated by Melissa Diaz, Brooklyn, NY: Photographer, 2012
Q: What Makes Film Special?
A: “Pure silver and gelatine, the precious metal and a formally living organic form combined, it’s a poetic substance. The layers of which give depth, to be a film is to be eventually eaten by light. What a beautiful sacrifice that is.”
– Ellen Rogers