Every week throughout 2025 we post an image sent to us by photographer Jake Chessum. The images are chosen by Jake and made by him acting as his own personal visual diary. They are created as personal work outside of his commissioned professional practice and explore aspects of form, composition, texture and colour. They deal with the found and the seen, the obvious and the ignored. As the year progress’s a narrative will be formed; a story of travel and seeing, of living and recording.

Jake Chessum’s naturally spontaneous and exuberant approach to photography has led to a long and varied career. His timeless and engaging celebrity portraits have appeared in many prestigious publications and the range of celebrities he has been commissioned to photograph span the worlds of film, politics, sports and music includes: Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Douglas, Jennifer Connelly, 50 Cent, Alec Baldwin, Spike Lee, Kofi Annan, Sir Ian McKellen, Bill Gates… the list goes on and on. Born in Croydon, South London, Chessum studied graphic design at St. Martin’s School of Art and after graduating began his photography career in London, where his first commission was for Elle magazine before he started working for The Face beginning an enduring relationship with the title. The Face began to send him to the USA on commissions and by 1995 Jake was regularly flying the Atlantic on assignment for John F Kennedy Jrs’ George magazine. In 1999 he moved permanently to NYC where he continues to live. Jake has published two books: The New York Look Book in association with New York Magazine (2007), and a self published book: Rubbish (2009).  He has recently founded The Faringdon Print Shop with fellow photographers James Dimmock and Chris Floyd to sell prints from their extensive archives. www.jakechessum.com www.farringdonprintshop.com Instagram: @jakechessum

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