' jess integrates the viewer into her interior space.   physically and emotionally we are allowed to step into her emotional world, which is defined through her interior and exterior surrounding.   using a nineteenth century photographic technique to present her images on vellum and albumen prints, she also points out the need to physically connect with the material, its fragility and uniqueness....'

wiesweg galerie, germany

While some write poetry, I make photographs in the same way… subjective feelings about things specific or otherwise. It is the metaphysical nature of my work -- the realm of life through the subjective experience. With delayed shutter and 19th century processes of the past, I am attempting to slow time. A moment passes so quickly -- fleeting thoughts and emotions of which we take so little time to surrender -- the poetry of the moment in space and time. It is not the nature of reality I see, but a slipping into the space between conscious and subconscious.

jess robson

with the polaroids i was looking for something to compliment what i was already doing with more ease than is required from photographic processes of the past.   polaroids offer a range of colors and focus---some similar to a dreamlike stance---some a glimpse into reality.   all one of a kind---what you see is what you get---and sometimes hard to decipher you must look deep and peel back the layers…it's like taking yourself into magical worlds---with extreme colors, depth of light and a certain haze…