Jessica is a professional photographer with an interest in Portraiture, Advertising and Fashion Photography.
After studying Theatre Performance & Practises in Australia, she now resides in Scotland where she gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Professional Photography at Edinburgh College. In 2016 Jessica achieved a BIPP licentiateship and has exhibited as part of the college collective in Edinburgh and London.
Film, Theatre & Literature continue to be key influences in her imagery.
Artist Statement:
" My portraits are highly reliant on character, narrative and emotion. My background in theatre and film means that I'm frequently inspired by cinematography and theatrical lighting. I grew up in Australia near a place known as "Hollywood on the Gold Coast". Where it's sunny, beautiful and colourful all of the time. People ask me why I live in Scotland where it rains just as much as the sun shines and I consider the underbelly and sadness that places hold regardless of their beauty. I approach making photographs in a similar way - to make photographs that are in a way beautiful and vibrant but where it's not about the obvious. There's more to this world that I have created where everything is colourful and perfect."
Jess Shurte Photography 
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