Artist Blog
Every week an artist whose single image was published by Der Greif is given a platform in which to blog about contemporary photography.
Jessica Yatrofsky
Mar 18, 2016 - Bobby Davidson
In their own words...
As a painter I've always been drawn to depicting the body in my work and that foundation has shaped the way I approach portraiture and my interest in the form within photography. With the "I Heart Girl" series I was inspired by the inherent strength and beauty of the female form and to work with women to create images that can explore both femininity and masculinity was very intriguing to me. I am interested in how we choose to define ourselves as women but more importantly as individuals. As a woman and an artist, I feel that it is important to acknowledge and discuss this idea of individuality within the context of gender fluidity. So for me this particular series represents more than a facet of women of a certain age, living authentically, and expressing their gender accordingly, it represents and celebrates this shift in culture as we begin to reexamine and rethink gender. And with that we can refer to the subjects of this series as "alternative," "androgynous," "masculine," or "feminine," but that doesn't fully capture what I feel the project represents which is largely about a human vulnerab
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Jessica Yatrofsky is a brooklyn-based photographer and filmmaker, known for film and photographic work exploring body politics, beauty, and gender. She received her MFA from Parsons the New School for Design and published her first photography monograph, I Heart Boy, with powerHouse Books in 2010 and her second photography monograph, I Heart Girl, in 2015. Jessica's photographic work is part of the permanent collection with the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. Her photography work has been exhibited overseas and her film work has been both televised and screened at film festivals internationally. www.jessicayatrofsky.com instagram: @jyatrofsky