We always love to hear what our alumni are up to, and this winter we were delighted to see NYFA New York City Photography Conservatory grad Jon Henry’s work featured as the cover image for Jungle magazine. His composition Untitled 27, Providence, RI was created exclusively for the magazine’s 03 limited edition.
The UK-based publication focuses on fashion and culture and releases a new issue bi-annually, so it is all the more significant for a photographer to see their work featured on the cover.
This time, Henry’s work has the added distinction of representing Jungle’s limited The Resilience Edition, for which he photographed the cover model, actress and artist Jemima Kirke. Kirke’s story of starting over in a new country to provide a better life for her children is resonantly captured by Henry’s photography.
Jungle features Henry’s work alongside Tove Lo, MNEK, Mark Hartman, Louise Trotter, Sally Bourke, Daniel Castro Garcia, Mark Hartman, Ben Murphy, ALMA, Joseph Special, Poppy Ajudha Blue Lab Beats and Jennifer Neiderhauser Schulp.
In their forward to the The Resilience Edition, the Jungle editors explain why Henry exemplifies their theme of resilience: “Henry’s work responds to the violence and maltreatment of African American men in the United States, and looks at the resilience of the mothers who have to stay strong despite knowing the extent of the tragedies that could hit their family.”
Jon Henry graduated from the New York Film Academy Photography School’s 1-Year Conservatory and is a teaching assistant at the New York City campus. In his visual artwork, he focuses primarily on the black family and the community at large. He also explores the representation of athletes in fine art. His Stranger Fruit in Smack Mellon’s Hot Picks 2017 and the project was also on the short list for the Lucie Foundation grant.
Henry also appeared recently as a panelist at one of Miami’s major art festivals, Spectrum Miami.