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I followed Jeffree on Twitter and Instagram for the better part of a year and became quite familiar with his work ethic, his music and his online personality. His clothing line, Beauty Forever, was pretty cool and I ended up purchasing his Killin’ It snapback hat. In the need to shoot some new profile photos for myself, I shot a photo (below) of me wearing his hat and posted it to Instagram, tagging him and Beauty Forever in the photo. The image was dark and decisively different from the other photos featuring his clothing line.
That night my phone rang and it was Jeffree telling me he wanted us to shoot his photos for his upcoming single for Love To My Cobain on Akon’s record label. I spent a lot of time in the coming weeks creating a relationship with him and talking about the creative/visual style to his new music. Crazy as it is, he ended up flying to Wisconsin to work with me for two days. It was a ridiculous, yet an amazing experience spending time with him… which included fans of his gathering in our parking lot, a trip to the emergency room and an ice storm for the record books.
Jeffree is a great friend of mine and I’m glad we had the chance to work together. Social media is a powerful thing. But making real relationships is far more important and fulfilling to me in the end.
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I’ve been sitting on these photos for the better part of a year. I was really excited to take Jeffree’s look in a much darker direction, as opposed to some of his brighter early work.
Dave Jackson is an Entertainment & Advertising Photographer out of Appleton, WI.
CREDITS:
Record Label: Konlive Records
Management Representation: Alicia Mann
Photography: David E. Jackson
Producer: Trevor Nackers
Cinematography & Lead Assistant: Adam Koepke
Make-up Stylist: Jeffree Star
Hair Stylist: Tobin Campbell
Wardrobe Stylist: Mark Plowman
Special Thanks: Brett Stoddart, Jillian Campbell, Dan Woolf, Amy Gaerthofner, Tara Rudy, Nancy Sparkplug, Adam Elmakias, Andrea Mussatto, Nate Couillard, Rob Buettner, Roxanne Knight, Jim Germain, Dead By Dawn Productions, Brad Kuehl, The Fox River House
Management Representation: Alicia Mann
Photography: David E. Jackson
Producer: Trevor Nackers
Cinematography & Lead Assistant: Adam Koepke
Make-up Stylist: Jeffree Star
Hair Stylist: Tobin Campbell
Wardrobe Stylist: Mark Plowman
Special Thanks: Brett Stoddart, Jillian Campbell, Dan Woolf, Amy Gaerthofner, Tara Rudy, Nancy Sparkplug, Adam Elmakias, Andrea Mussatto, Nate Couillard, Rob Buettner, Roxanne Knight, Jim Germain, Dead By Dawn Productions, Brad Kuehl, The Fox River House
Photos and video taken by David E. Jackson© 2014, DAVIDEJACKSON|STUDIOS
