Charlotte Jensen
Charlotte Jansen is a British Sri Lankan journalist and photographer.[1] Jansen is a writer for The Guardian, editor at large for Elephant Magazine, and writes for publications such as Financial Times, Elle and the British Journal of Photography.
Work
Books
Jansen has four published books, each on artists and photographers from across the world.
Girl On Girl
Girl on Girl was Jansen's first collection, where she writes descriptions of images included alongside selecting the material. Girl on Girl focuses on 'the female gaze', a concept based around what women see in one another.[2] Jansen explains the female gaze to be corrective and natural, whereas the male gaze proves to be toxic; the female gaze is admiration without sexualisation. Within this collection, the female gaze is explored through the use of nudity and how the naked female body should be appreciated. Nudity and the female gaze, as Jansen writes, go hand in hand, normalising nudity across different cultures and finding joy in our nude bodies amongst women.[3] The collection includes work by photographers such as lebohang Kganye with their family portraits, Iiu Susiraja working with the body and uneasy humour, and Cheat Barto photographing female eroticism. Jansen believes a woman taking a photo is always a political act, which gives insight into what the female gaze truly is.[citation needed]
Awkward Beauty
Awkward Beauty is a collection of paintings created by artist Lucy Jones, co-written with journalists and writers Philip Vann and Tom Shakespeare. It was the first collection to showcase Jones's landscape paintings and self-portraits. The collection includes 100 colour palettes from twenty-five years of art. The collection is published by Elephant. Jansen's writing within the collection discusses the power and strength found through disability and society’s view on differences.[4] Jones herself painted her self-portraits through empowerment, portraying a broad emotional range and vulnerability. Jansen focuses heavily on the nature of these paintings and the beautiful insight they give into Jones's view of the world.[citation needed]
Broken Fingaz
Broken Fingaz was a collection of photographs showcasing the art of street and city artist group named 'broken finger'. Jansen writes about the artists and their popular pieces in London. Broken Fingaz formed in 2001, creating 'X-rated super sex' work in the form of vintage signs. One of their most famous London murals is of a naked woman with a panda next to her; another piece, named 'motor-bike skeleton sex', was described by Jansen as colourful and controversial.[5] Jansen's texts through these collections show her ongoing passion for liberation around nudity; she writes within this collection about the passion she felt for the art as it was created around women, sex and cultural celebration.[6] Jensen explores the history of the group, the art they have created for musicians such as Blink 182, and their journey up to date.[citation needed]
Photography Now
In Photography Now, fifty pioneers define photography for the 21st century. Jensen describes the world as saturated with images, now more than ever due to new technology and social media, however, this doesn't answer the question of what photography can truly do. This collection brings together the works of fifty photographers from around the world, through which Jensen explores what photography means in post-modern society and the potential photographs have to tell stories we have already experienced and to make new ones; she explains the downfall, however, to be that photography has become a reflex and questions whether it takes away the desire to live in the moment.[7] Regardless of this implication, Jensen writes about her love for the art and the power photos have to portray language, identity, race, gender and sexuality. Jensen summarises this collection with the statement that photography is 'tethering us to reality as events spiral out of control'.[citation needed]
Journalism
Overall, Jensen is not only a journalist and photographer, she’s a creator with strong political views and a talent for incorporating them into her work, from her collections based around the female gaze, art surrounding disability empowerment and liberation through nudity.[citation needed]
Podcast
Her most recent work, a podcast named 'Dior Talks', also explores further what the female gaze truly is and how it can empower women.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "In conversation: Anya Paintsil and Charlotte Jansen". Ed Cross. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ↑ "Selfies Can be Feminist - In Conversation with Charlotte Jansen | Widewalls". www.widewalls.ch. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ↑ McNay, Anna (10 May 2017). "GirlOnGirl". PhotoMonitor. Anna McNay. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ↑ Shakespeare, Tom. "Awkward Beauty". Shakespeare and company. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ↑ Ocean, Humphrey. "BrokenFingaz". AccArtBooks. Humphrey Ocean. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ↑ Glover, Amy. "Broken Fingaz". Peters. Lanoo. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ↑ Segal Hamilton, Rachael. "Photography Now". Aesthetica Magazine. Rachael Segal Hamilton. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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