Jessica Morgan
is a contemporary photographer based in the U.S. Though she calls Seattle, WA home, she loves travel and is able to take her work across the country. A photographer who specializes in capturing the feeling and movement of a moment, Jessica’s work spans both the creative and commercial worlds, though her first loves are fashion and art.
“A photographer is often the invisible narrator of stories we consume daily.”
“Fashion photography is a focus that has called to me since my time in undergrad. I’ve worked with models, makeup artists, designers, and agencies to create images that showcase everyone’s hard work and expertise in their respective fields. I have grown more and more aware of how fashion houses market themselves and the mass amounts of work that go into a specific style and branding strategy. I am interested in pulling away and looking at fashion photography from the outside. and looking at fashion photography from the outside. What drives consumers to consume? Where do fine art and fashion merge? Why are certain styles coined as “classics”? I am also interested in how sexuality and gender roles play a part in fashion and how they can reflect trends.”
“To wield the power of photography is to wield the power of story-telling. A photographer is often the invisible narrator of stories we consume daily, sometimes without realizing. Those who have done it best, in my opinion, are Ellen von Unwerth, who uses her fashion photographs as a way to empower and often catches her subjects candidly, Sarah Moon, whose style is almost 2-dimensional and illustrative, Julia Hetta, whose work is incredibly expressive and fights the norms of commercial photography, and Erik Madigan Heck, whose use of color and design is otherworldly. Artists I often look to for inspiration outside of photography are David Bowie and Troye Sivan for their stylish methods of bending gender norms and expressing themselves through fashion in uncommon ways. I also spend time researching classic artists like Bernini, Guillaume Geefs, and Auguste Rodin to study form and movement, as I aim to translate their masterpieces into my own work.”
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You can find my CV here.