ARTIST STATEMENT

My photographs do not document the world as it is, but create a space where the realities of the subject and myself can meet, even if only for a fraction of a second. For me, the camera is a tool that asks us to look closely and step gently into another person’s world, and invite the viewer to feel that space too: to experience the stillness, the vulnerability of being seen, and the sense that something passed between us. What I’m capturing isn’t a person or a place, it’s a relationship that only exists inside of the frame.

ABOUT

Jessica B. Raetzke is an artist and educator working in Alabama. Her artistic practice primarily focuses on the use of photography and lens based media, examining how bodies occupy and navigate shared spaces. 

She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of Oregon, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Savannah College of Art & Design.