Jesse Clark

Jesse Clark is Haitian-American photographer based in Florida. Clark recently received his B.F.A. in Photography and Imaging from Ringling College of Art + Design in 2023. Clark’s work can be described as vibrant and poetic, with its soft visualizations of Black identity and beauty. Juxtaposed with the pastel architecture and landscapes of Florida in which he resided are soft and intimate details of the Black body. Clark uses his work as a form of healing and visual activism as he challenges the misrepresentations of Blackness perpetuated by American media. Clark’s photography is a reflection of the beauty he sees within those around him and once struggled to see within himself. His work has been exhibited at MARA Gallery, SPAACES Gallery, Art Center Sarasota, and he recently held his first international solo show at Space Place Gallery in Russia February 2024. Clark has also been featured in WEDU-PBS, Stories To Change The World–International Activist Collection, Cultured Magazine, Lensculture, PhotoVogue and was selected by Aperture as one of twenty “outstanding artists to be recognized”. Jesse Clark is also a recipient of the U.S. Fulbright Award in which he will conduct a documentary photography project on Afro-Caribbean identity and expression in Trinidad and Tobago during the 2024-2025 grant cycle.

"Light of Mine" is part of a 2021 Photo Series titled "Where My Mind Lies" It reflects the contrasting relationship between the surreal spaces our mind transcends and the actuality of one's presence. Similar to a daydream, the images within this series focus on where one's mind may wander in escapism and the disconnection between the external and internal spaces like paradises or holy places, as they transform a mundane environment.

Light of Mine

4.33" x 4.33”
Archival Pigment Print
2021

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