Jessie Askinazi is an Artist and Media Specialist living in Brooklyn, New York.
Her lifelong compulsion is and has always been to share stories from the world around her in creative ways. She made the decision to dedicate her life to storytelling early-on. The path she is on is a living, breathing process; one that flows with no end and through multiple mediums. To her, forms of self-expression are all branches from the same tree.
Jessie possesses the gift of a sharp eye for idiosyncrasies and details that are often overlooked and under-appreciated. She cherishes the essence in all, and often finds beauty in the most unexpected places.
Over the years, she has collected rich life experience and she’s managed to hang on to her child-like impulses. She is full of love: Instead of being trapped by her complex imagination, she wishes to be generous with it and inspire others.
No matter what she has endured, she always remains true to herself and walks to the beat of her own drum.
In her work as well as in her personal life, it is her hope to burst through society’s limitations and conventions: It is a relentless fight and pursuit. She strives to exist in our most natural state and encourages others to do the same; free from judgement and repression. She is addicted to exploring both the light and dark sides to human behavior equally.
Jessie’s photography and journalism has been featured in publications such as Vogue Italia, Purple Fashion Magazine’s Purple Diary, Bullett, AnOther, Grandlife Hotels, Fashion Etc, ARTINFO, The Sun-Sentinel, Closer Magazine and more. She interned under famed photojournalist Nat Finkelstein (who is best known for documenting Andy Warhol’s factory during its prime) and assisted him in the release of his book Edie: Factory Girl. She also worked as the United States PR Manager for all-analogue photo company Lomography.
Jessie is an actor in both film and theater. As a child she took local acting classes at a nearby studio and went on to study at The Atlantic Theater Company’s conservatory in New York City. She self-produced and starred in a production of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit at the Looking Glass Theater in Manhattan. The first film she was cast in (The Soldier’s Wife) was the Official Selection of the South by Southwest film festival as well as the LA Shorts film festival; she played the lead. Jessie has since trained with Caymichael Patten Studio in Manhattan. She has a mad obsession with cinema as a form of art and communication.
Morning Passages is my outlet to share inspiration that gets me out of bed. At times I often frown upon how mundane our society can be as it thrives on routine, fixed ideals and stifles youthful curiosity. Fortunately, an overdose of primitive creativity exists and gets under my skin, raises questions and moves me both in the light and the dark: it would be selfish of me to keep it all to myself. I generally post about fashion, style, photography, design, cinema, interior decor, music, visual arts and anything else I find intoxicating.
*Morning Passages uses the beautiful Spatha Sans font.