Honorable Mention
Madonna
DESCRIPTION
Jade is a writer and actor and importantly she identifies as black and queer and is having her first child following IVF with her partner Grace.Their journey to successful pregnancy hasn’t been easy and their fortune remains a rarity due to many factors: money, mixed ethnicity & sexual orientation. This frame echoes the traditional madonna and child paintings whilst having a modern day twist on the journey towards motherhood, also playing on the idea of modern day miraculous conception.This forms part of a greater ongoing project exploring modern day parenthood that confounds expectation and bucks the trend of historical narrative. AUTHOR
I am a portrait and still life photographer and studio manager based in London. I shoot across a variety of publications, often with little brief, budget or turnaround time. That doesn't stop art directors and picture desks from being demanding however so I have become accustomed to being creatively fast-paced! I love to shoot on my own terms too, where I get the chance to explore my own ideas in greater depth. I aim to create arresting photographs often with a bold colour palette and a lighting style that is graphic and dynamic. 