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Empowerment photographer receives two honourable mentions in prestigious awards
Award-winning Ferndown photographer Jayne Jackson has been given two honourable mentions for the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers. One of her photographs, taken at Poole Quay, is on the front cover of this issue of Dorset View
Jayne’s exceptional talent has been recognised and her photography has been selected for inclusion at the 20th anniversary exhibition in Barcelona as well as winning two honourable mentions.
The prestigious Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, named after a British photographer who is widely considered one of the most important female portraitists of the 19th century, brings in more than 3,000 applicants each year.
Jayne received an honourable mention in the Culture and Daily Life Category for her captured series of beautiful documentary images of the Chettle Wassail in North Dorset.
Her second honourable mention for Frontpage, People category, was awarded for her poignant and positive series that explores male identity. Male dancers from across the UK were pictured as part of a wider series, to promote National Boys Dance Day. The Newsies styled images spread the word that boys dance too. Set in locations with long histories of dock work, trade, coal, shipbuilding, and fishing, they present a visual challenge to the narrow understandings of masculinity being limited to traditional occupations and interests.
Jayne said: “As an empowerment photographer, belief in the power of the image and how a photograph can be used to drive social change is so important to me. From promoting mental health and the empowerment of young people, through visual storytelling to raising awareness of gender issues, one image really can speak a thousand words and inspire the change we need to see in the world.”
https://www.jaynejacksonphotography.co.uk
