Jayne Jackson| Photographer & Activist
I am dedicated to empowering others through the arts, whether through my commercial specialism in performance arts photography or my personal work and activism related to social justice.
As a patron of National Boys Dance Day (23d October), I collaborate to increase positive representation of male dancers. I am deeply committed to arts education and actively advocate for greater inclusion, opportunity, and support for the creative sector. My PhD research focuses on amplifying historical female narratives and representation, using participatory empowerment and visual impact.
Most of the activist work I do, tackles violence against women and girls (VAWG). My multi-award-winning series “Asking For It” continues to used educationally and exhibit interactively, stimulating social change in areas such as victim-blaming, sexual harassment, bystander intervention and consent.
Alongside the amazing Lorna Rees, I co-created Foxstrut UK, an urban fox-themed celebratory empowerment ‘strut’, which reclaims nighttime spaces inclusively, through colourful craftivism, and joyful protest.
Jayne Jackson (she/her), MA, BA (Hons)
jaynejacksonphotography@gmail.com
I believe in the power of the image as a catalyst for change. A photograph, like a performance, a painting, or a melody, is an artwork—not a noun, but a verb. It is something that, once created, becomes the creator. It can move, disrupt, and rebuild. It is an active force that shapes how we see, feel, and behave.
Images hold memory, evoke empathy, communicate, and connect. They challenge, inspire, shift perspectives, and transform. Art rescues what might otherwise be lost, enriches what is already there, and breathes meaning into the ordinary. The work I support and create therefore has power to transform, create change, spark connection, and show the world not just as it is, but as it can be.
My mission, in its simplest form, is to positively represent, empower others and inspire change.
- National Justice Museum, Nottingham, March 29th - July 13th 2025 - Asking for it (Interactive exhibition and creative writing project)
- FOTONOSTRUM - Barcelona, 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Exhibition, July 2025 - Details TBC
- FOTONOSTRUM - Barcelona, 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Exhibition, April 2024 - Wassail / Frontpage
- Shire Hall Museum, Dorchester, March - April 24 - Asking for it
- SAW Gallery Newcastle, November 2023 - Asking for it
- Newcastle University Long Gallery, November 2023 - Asking for it
- Newcastle City Library, November 2023 - Asking for it
- Arts University Bournemouth, Snapshot 2022, (Feb 2022)
- Doughty Street Chambers, London, (March - Sept 2022) - Asking for it
- Weymouth College (Feb 2022) - Sexual Assault & Sexual Violence Awareness week - interactive workshops/exhibition - Asking for it
- Poole Lighthouse, Top Floor Gallery, (Sept 2022) - Frontpage
- Bournemouth University, The Atrium Gallery, Talbot Campus (2021) - Asking for it
- Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe (BEAF) 26th June - 4th July 2021 - Asking for it
- Poole Lighthouse, Top Floor Gallery, (Tuesday 6th Oct 2020 - Jan 2021) - Boys will be Boys
- Poole Lighthouse, Top Floor Gallery, (Nov/Dec 2021) - Asking for it
- Bournemouth University, The Atrium Gallery,Talbot Campus (Summer 2020) - Homefront
- Poole Dolphin Centre, The ECO HUB, (Feb 2020) - Asking for it (preview)
- PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (PX3 2024) - Honourable mention/Press/Performing Arts - Measure This: Artistic Performance in Children
- Julia Margaret Cameron Award (professional) Honourable mention for Ariya - children 2024
- Julia Margaret Cameron Award (professional) Honourable mention for Irina - Fine Art 2024
- Julia Margaret Cameron Award (professional) Honourable mention for Stardust - Nude & Figure 2024
- 18th Black & White Spider Awards - Nominee in Portrait | Chettle Wassail - Annika
- 18th Black & White Spider Awards - Nominee in Children of the World | Frontpage
- Honorable Mention - in the IPA 2023 (professional)
- Julia Margaret Cameron Award (professional) Honourable mention for Front page- People 2023
- Julia Margaret Cameron Award (professional) Honourable mention for Wassail - Culture & Daily Life 2023
- Honorable Mention - 17th Annual Black and White Spider Awards (sport)
- Athens Photo Festival 2022 - Shortlist
- ‘Official Selection’ in the IPA 2022 (professional)
- Julia Margaret Cameron Award (professional) Winner 2021 – single open
- Julia Margaret Cameron Award (professional) Honourable mention x2 2021 – single open
- IPA 2021 Honorable Mention - Editorial / Press, Contemporary issues (professional)
- Lensculture Critics Choice 2021 Winner
- GOLD winner the AOP 2020 Student Awards (People)
- APA 2020 winner - Honorable Mention - Fine Art
Academic publications:
Co-authored research: Godden-Rasul, N., Sikka, T., & Jackson, J. (2025). ‘Visualising justice: Teaching sexual violence and law through engagement with artwork’, feminists@law, [online] Available at: https://journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/feministsatlaw/index
Work featured: Case, S., Johnson, P., Manlow, D., Smith, R., & Williams, K. (2021) The Oxford Textbook on Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
MEDIA, includes: The BBC, The Guardian, Woman’s Own, Yahoo News, Positive News Magazine, Simple Things Magazine 
and The Independent, and appeared on BBC South Today, ITV Meridian, Radio 5Live and BBC Radio Solent.
Guest editing: BBC Radio morning program (2025) - topic: education, neurodiversity, absence, inclusivity and arts.
My special thanks to all guests, including psychologist Dr Naomi Fisher.