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Project published in book ‘INTERNATIONAL FLORAL ART 2016/2017’

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Project published in book ‘INTERNATIONAL FLORAL ART 2016/2017’

When starting our collaborative journey together last year,

florist Sissel Willbro and I didn’t know where our creativity would take us. We knew we aimed at getting published in book International Floral Art 2016/2017, and that we wanted to deal with a subject very close to heart.

The project grew into highlighting the daily balancing act and struggle of young women between their own emotional integrity and the constant threat of falling for a skewed medial and distorted everyday pressure. The perishable organic plant arrangements are used to symbolize the fragile balance, and they merge with stories in the surreal worlds of my photographs to illustrate the mental landscape.

And now I’m happy to say, we are published in the book we aimed for (link to book):

“With 304 pages of the most striking floral arrangements, the International Floral Art 2016/2017 is another exceptional tribute to the wonders of floral art. An absolute favourite of many, the International Floral Art series has become an essential resource, reflecting the diverse and ever-evolving floral art scene. Over 200 international artists, both up-and-coming as well-established designers, sent in their best designs. It accounts for the extraordinary diversity and the refreshing mix of arrangements in this volume.

Packed with artful and inventive new designs and showcasing many contemporary styles and techniques, this is a must-have for anyone interested in floral art, from those with fingers itching to create, to those who just want to stand back and admire the incredible talents of others.

A massive THANKS to the wonderful women involved in the project so far. How impossible it would have been without you. You are OH so incredible. <3

Photography | JENNY JACOBSSON
Floral Art Designer | SISSEL WILLBRO of Fröken Blomma
Hair and Make Up Artist | SABINA SELIN of Style By S
Models | ELNA NILSSON (umbrella), CHRISTINE GLANSBERG (ballerina), ANNIKA HOLMDAHL (masks), NAZANIN ZAREI (shield) & SOFIA SEGERSTRÖM (box)


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‘THE PENDING STATE OF EXPECTING’

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‘THE PENDING STATE OF EXPECTING’

 
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I’m writing this in a haze…

A haze from sleepiness because now I’m a day overdue, and my body and mind have been ready day and night for weeks, for the wonder growing inside me to enter into this world.  A haze from marvel, worry, bliss, doubt, and hopefulness, all mixed up into one foggy existence about how it will all turn out. And when I look at this image, created (now what feels like so long ago) just a few of weeks after we got the big positive news that we were expecting, I realize we’re still in that pending state. It’s just a bit different.

“The big news came with an indescribable happiness. And an itch to see what the future would hold and an eagerness to make the very best of it all. Yet it took about 2 seconds before some sort of sense of protectiveness set in. And angst. And I started to wonder how to possibly move forward the best way, and what would lie ahead, especially when time went by sooo slowly. And if this all could possibly be true when it felt so utterly unreal. It was a bit like living and moving slowly forward in a dreamlike state. Being wide awake, but the world still feeling so surreal.”

This mix of feelings, both great and less enjoyable, made the head spin a bit and to me, who really likes control and to know what to expect from the future, it was a bit difficult to grasp. We talked a lot, me and Andreas, and we noticed that we shared very similar feelings. And that we knew that together we can always face anything and move forward no matter what lies ahead.

“And so one very early summer’s morning, some might call it night, I woke him up to go for a drive to our nearby lake to visualize and capture the feeling of this pending state of expecting. To always remember this incredibly love filled, confusing, and wonderful time of life.”

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I’m still pending. Expecting.

Now at the other end of the same pregnancy, but in a very different physical state, I’m still pending. Expecting. Not knowing exactly how to move forward, and what will lie ahead. And I just have to realize it’s part of life.

And that I need to let go of that control and just trust that my body and mind will take care of it the way it’s meant to do. I, being a biologist academically, have to trust my thoughts telling me that my body was built to do this and it will probably work out alright. My mother did this 3 times. My grandmother Lilly did this 8 times, although unfortunately only 7 turned out truly well. And my great-grandmother did this no less than 12 times! That’s some heritage to carry.

And I surely will do my best to carry it well. And I truly hope that next time I’ll write you I will be more knowledgeable. And less pending. And certainly, a really happy mother.



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BEHIND THE SCENE: Testing the remote.


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BEHIND THE SCENE: From the shore at Delsjön.

~Have you gone through something similar yourself? Feel free to write a comment below to share your thoughts and help each other out~ 🙂



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Live TV interview for Kamera & Bild at Fotomässan 2015 – ‘CREATIVE PORTRAITS WITH JENNY JACOBSSON’

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Live TV interview for Kamera & Bild at Fotomässan 2015 – ‘CREATIVE PORTRAITS WITH JENNY JACOBSSON’

 
 

A very pregnant and happy me was interviewed directly from the tv studio in the fair hall at Fotomässan (Photo Fair) 2015 by Kamera & Bild about how I work with my creative and imaginative portraits.

Fotomässan Stockholm is the biggest photo event of the year in the Nordic countries and Kamera & Bild interviewed fantastic photographers like nature photographer Mattias Klum, Pieter ten Hoopen, Emma Svensson (Rockfoto-Emma), LisaLove, and Sophie Odelberg. They were also showing the latest technique, and discussing photo trends. See my live TV interview above and check out the other interviews at Kamera & Bild.

I was invited to do 2 different talks during the event and the other one is a talk at the big stage for Moderskeppet on ‘The road to creative images that evokes emotions’. You can watch it here!

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(Images from Kamera & Bild)

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‘THE ASCENT OF OUR DESCENT’ – imagining the effect our actions have on our environment

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‘THE ASCENT OF OUR DESCENT’ – imagining the effect our actions have on our environment

Just imagine what would happen if we continue like we do, and the sea levels rise.

 Just imagine our coasts and their cities, whole islands and island nations, flooded. And with them ecosystems, entire species of plants and animals, in risk of endangerment when the ocean is claiming victims. It takes so little. Less than I personally had imagined. And it’s the result of our human-induced climate change. We are causing this risk. Isn’t it time for more of a global consequence thinking? We are all placed on this small planet. We only have the one. It’s about the choices we make today. We can not postpone acting.


‘The ascent of our descent – I’ and ‘The ascent of our descent – II’ are highly connected to the reflection about our environmental paradox I created in ‘The incongruity’. They are all part of my series ‘Parallels’ and can be VIEWED IN FULL SIZE ON MY ART PORTFOLIO SITE.


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I’m so proud of and incredibly fortunate to have gotten the chance to work with the team behind these two images. When minds alike meet up there can certainly be sparks flying! Love you guys. And thank you.

photography |  JENNY JACOBSSON
floral designer | SISSEL WILLBRO of FRÖKEN BLOMMA
hair stylist | JENNI WIMMERSTEDT
model | NAZANIN ZAREI
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‘THE INCONGRUITY’ – a reflection about our environmental paradox

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‘THE INCONGRUITY’ – a reflection about our environmental paradox

It hits me all the time.

It hits me when I’m in the forest and see that shiny container sticking out from the green moss. Or when at the seaside and that garbage bag is waving back and forth between the sand and the water. Back and forth. Back and forth…

Like that plastic, glass, or metal ever would decompose.

It strikes me all the time. The incompatibility between our ways of consumption and our will to live environmentally friendly. The way we are using up our Earth’s resources even though we all know that our way of living is utterly unsustainable. I know it. You know it. Yet we all still together don’t do enough to change it. Not. Enough. We should not fool ourselves. Only we can change it. We all live with it. Act on it. Dress in it. The environmental paradox. The incongruity.


‘The incongruity’ is part of my series ‘Parallels’ and can be VIEWED IN FULL SIZE HERE

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photography |  JENNY JACOBSSON
model | SELF PORTRAIT
assistant | AMANDA FALKMAN
design | JENNY JACOBSSON and AMANDA FALKMAN

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INSPIRATION FOR IMAGE CREATORS – Short Films

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INSPIRATION FOR IMAGE CREATORS – Short Films

As a photographer, or any image maker, you can choose to sit around waiting for inspiration to pop up by itself. Personally, I’m a firm believer that feeling inspired is a state of mind you can teach yourself to find when you need it. So, what can we do to get started? I’m gathering and sharing my methods and favorite creators as a resource to help keeping our inspirational juices flowing. And I invite you along for this series of “INSPIRATION FOR IMAGE CREATORS”!

Inspiration for image creators can come from so many different areas. When I saw this series of Short Films, or fables, from Five Knights Productions I just couldn’t stop watching. It transported me to another time and place, but still holding me aware… Short films can just like photography tell a story but doesn’t have hours of the viewers attention to convey the feeling and message it is made to transfer. With these fables, to me it’s especially the sceneries, the tempo, and that magical emotion that draws me in, and spits me out feeling that I want… no, NEED… to go out and continue creating my images. Right away. And that is inspiration at its best.

So here it is, the first of the KIN fabels.
Watch the second film, Salvage, here.
And the third film, Requiem, here. It’s in this third film the story ties together.

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NEW! Commissioned Portrait Photography by JENNY JACOBSSON

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NEW! Commissioned Portrait Photography by JENNY JACOBSSON

Your story is worth to be a piece of art.
Portray the unique beauty of what you are all about;
RELIVE YOUR PAST, CAPTURE YOUR PRESENT,
OR EXPERIENCE YOUR DREAMS!

It’s with the GREATEST of joy I hereby present, my special version of a portrait photography service, now available for you! I’m so happy I could cry. I’ve worked so hard and truly put all my love into forming something really unique for you out there and I deeply hope this will be of pleasure for so many people in the upcoming future.

“A single photograph can truly tell a full story. It holds the power to enchant us; to make us pause and reflect. It invites us to a world of emotion and intrigue and it lets us relive a story of the past or dream of what is to come. It gives us the opportunity to experience the beautiful tale of the one portrayed.”

Wouldn’t you say a portrait should be just like that? I surely do. Therefore I offer a portraiture service far beyond the usual headshot. My mission is to turn you and your story into a unique piece of storytelling art. Why hang someone else’s story on your wall as an art piece when you can hang your own!

For you who want that special something:

THE IMAGE
A portrait from me is conceptual, strong in its idea, based on and telling your unique story. I will put it in an environment where it belongs and thrives. Behind every art piece lies careful planning and an advanced digital craftsmanship to create imaginative and extra striking pieces.

A PIECE OF ART | THE PRODUCT
Truly I believe that you value quality before quantity, that you want a piece of art.  Therefor together we will create one unique portrait, and this portrait will be presented as timeless prints for your wall, that will remind you about the beauty of your story every day.

HOW IT WORKS
To create a unique art work telling your specific story, each collaboration needs to be a one of a kind experience. Together we will dive into your story and through 5 clear steps we will move forward. I will use my expertise to make sure you will get a fun, smooth, and exciting experience.

I reside in Göteborg / Gothenburg, Sweden, but I surely work on location without boundaries. Feel free to contact me (in either Swedish or English) if you want detailed information about my packages, to book your meeting, or if you have any questions. And if you think someone you know would love a unique portrait of themselves and their story, please feel free to share these news!

I so look forward to creating your storytelling portrait together with you!

Love, Jenny

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In the spotlight of ‘f11 Magazine’ – 27 page feature and interview

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In the spotlight of ‘f11 Magazine’ – 27 page feature and interview

“Jenny Jacobsson is a Swedish photographer from the city of Gothenburg. Her mission is to create a narrative, using expressive and emotional imagery. From concept, through construction, capture and post production, her images hint at stories where the impossible really does becomes possible. It’s a far cry from her previous work in neurobiology and the satisfying result of a decision to follow her heart and embrace her passion for creating conceptual imagery.
Jenny Jacobsson – Storyteller“

Tim Steele


That is the description for the big feature and interview in f11 Magazine, written by publisher and creative director Tim Steele. I’m so happy to have been given the opportunity to be part of this amazing magazine written all the way from the other side of the globe, in New Zealand. In this October issue the magazine covers images taken from all across Australia (winning work from AIPP APPA Awards 2014), to the desert in southern Africa (Joshua Holko), finding its way to the northern climes of my home in Scandinavia, reflecting the global approach by f11. And it’s exciting!



Some of my favorite interview questions from the feature is

• Your subjects obviously inspire you to tell their stories, but what external sources also influence or inspire you?
• I see strong conceptual pre-visualisation in the creation of your images, does the idea always survive the migration to the capture process?



If it’s hard to read from the images, read the full 27 page feature and interview here:

• View in browser…
• Download PDF…

Issue 37 | October 2014 , page 94-120

I want to give a shout-out to Tim Steele, for being such a nice person and a terrific editor to work with. Thank you!

You can find more issues of f11 Magazine here and find them on Facebook here.

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Creating the story of a phoenix, and setting fire to a man

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Creating the story of a phoenix, and setting fire to a man

“The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune’s spite; revive from ashes and rise.”*


When Anders came to me to tell his story through my portraits I got so excited. We had worked at the same office before, but I had no idea about the strong and gripping story surrounding his path through life. I feel so fortunate and honored to be one of those he wanted to open up for and to have been invited to hear the full story has truly enriched my own view of life. Hopefully, many more will get the opportunity to sit down with Anders and talk about his interesting life, and even more so, the fantastic transformation he is going through right now to come out a stronger person.

THE STORY OF A PHOENIX

The more he told me about his life the clearer it got that to me Anders is like a phoenix. Transforming in front of our very eyes, shedding his old life, rising from the ashes and coming out in all his splendour. Ready to take on the world again, to spread his wings and fly. Together we took this story and made it into that fabulous imaginative and a bit surreal reality we both are drawn to so much.

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SHOOTING, BARBECUING CLOTHES AND SETTING FIRE TO A MAN

So we threw ourselves into creating this image and after loads of conversation and planning to come up with this final vision we went out to the archipelago here outside Göteborg (Gothenburg). The evening was warm and still and we gave ourselves  proper time to do all we wanted to do. We had a marvelous picnic that Anders had made. We were barbecuing, not food, but clothes. We shot Anders for about 30 minutes and then we sat down on the warm cliffs and talked and talked watching the sun set.

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Before any of you think I’m a terribly cruel person, setting fire to a man and pushing him off a cliff, I want to say that the whole shoot was safe. The clothes weren’t actually burning on Anders’s body, but instead the flames were added afterwards with some digital craftsmanship in Photoshop from frames that I took with burning and glowing fabric. “No men were harmed in this photography session” 😉

“ALL THE PREPARATION”

Since Anders seemed to have such a wonderful time through all of the process creating this portrait, later on I asked him what he found the very most fun part of it all. And it was so great to hear that he had enjoyed immensely the whole preparation phase, planning everything and the time we met up to tear up his clothes, and then later going into the photography day. And well… I couldn’t agree with him more 🙂

*Quote: Miguel de Cervantes, The Book of the Bizarre: Freaky Facts & Strange Stories (2008) by Varla Ventura

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Large interview and feature published in Fotosidan Magasin

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Large interview and feature published in Fotosidan Magasin

“GRAND MINIMALISM
Jenny Jacobsson is the neurobiologist who stopped researching the human limitations and started creating new worlds where everything is possible.“

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That is the headline and introduction of the interview and feature Fotosidan Magasin (one of Sweden’s largest photo magazines) just published about me in their latest issue. The theme of this issue is “creative editing” and Fotosidan called me up asking if I would be their featured profile for this topic. And of course I said yes (with a huge cheer!).

I want to give a warm thank you to the reporter Amy Lagerman for such a nice interview and conversations. It was a blast!

Check out more about the issue here and if you want to buy it and read the interview, you can find it in any well-assorted store, or find the nearest store here.

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Winner in PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2014

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Winner in PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2014

I’m so humbled and happy to announce that a series of my images was awarded with a Silver Medal and an Honorable Mention in the renown 2014 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, in the Advertising/Fashion category.

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The Px3 is regarded as one of, if not the, most prestigious photography competitions in Europe. The jury selected PX3 winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries, and I must express that I’m so honored to have been selected as a winner. The PX3 is such an amazing competition and I want to congratulate all my fellow winners. There truly are such wonderful work awarded.

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ABOUT PX3:
The “Prix de la Photographie Paris” (Px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are exhibited in a high-profile gallery in Paris and published in the high-quality, full-color Px3 Annual Book.
Website: px3.fr

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 The winning images come from the conceptual editorial I shot for the fashion collection ‘The space that is and isn’t’ by designer Emelie Arvidsson. Check out the whole editorial, published with fantastic Papercut Magazine!

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‘THE CREATORS’ – Conceptual portrait series

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‘THE CREATORS’ – Conceptual portrait series

Since it’s Throwback Thursday I want to revisit, and show you for the first time here on my blog, the conceptual portrait series ‘The creators’.



‘The creators’ is my examination exhibition project, shot and produced during my final year at Fotoskolan Göteborg (Photography School Gothenburg) and exhibited at Gothenburg Film Studios in December 2012.

THE CREATORS
Examination exhibition series
Portraiture

Inspiration feeds creativity.
Creativity feeds inspiration.

I – Pernilla – Writer, columnist, never-ending life reflector
II – Eva – Dressmaker, fashion designer, bold style connoisseur
III – John Ola – Composer, artist, stripped music hypnotist



Fascinated by the circle of inspiration and creativity, I knew I needed to focus my project on different types of creators. Reaching out to different types of artists, we initiated dialogues about what they do, why they create what they do,  what inspires them,  who they inspire, who they are… And the conversations shaped and carved out image ideas, building onto concepts. Through my portraits, I want to tell their stories, hoping to feed the circle of creativity.

You can view the images in full size over at Projects on my Art website.


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Feature and interview for ULTRA:EXTRA

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Feature and interview for ULTRA:EXTRA

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ULTRA:EXTRA is an online platform for discursive conversations on visual art and culture in the digital age. They talk one-on-one with artists, writers, curators, critics, academics, and the public to create a forum for open and thoughtful discussion on what our eyes see in this world.

And when they asked me to take join in the conversation, I happily said YEAH!

If you want to see the interview and all the images featured on the ULTRA:EXTRA page, you can find it here.


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Fashion editorial in Papercut Magazine

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Fashion editorial in Papercut Magazine

I’m so happy to say that the fantastic Papercut Magazine published my fashion editorial ‘The space that is and isn’t’ this month!  The series is showcasing the collection made by fashion designer Emelie Arvidsson with whom I’ve had the honor of having a fantastic collaboration with.

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You can see the full feature over at Papercut’s website.



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I’m also THRILLED to say the main image for the editorial, ‘The space that is and isn’t – I’ (above) won the prestigous international One Eyeland Photography Awards 2013 – category Advertising | Fashion. Read more about the win!



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photography | JENNY JACOBSSON
designer & styling | EMELIE ARVIDSSON
model | ELLEN BRANTEMO
hair & make-up | LINNEA ARVIDSSON
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