Jesse is a storyteller.
With over ten years in the creative industry, Jesse leverages his design expertise, his passion for large format analog photography, and a penchant for creative writing to create objects and experiences that are greater than the sum of their parts. Here's his resume, if you're in to that sort of thing.
If you have a story that needs telling, Jesse would love to hear from you.
At Home With is an interview series within which Jesse has conversations with folks he finds interesting. Creative entrepreneurs, artists, models, musicians, designers; anyone pouring their time and energy into making their communities special.
Haiya Eliza Rodriguez
Jesse sits with Haiya Eliza Rodriguez to discuss her journey from All-American gymnast to founder of HERCurls Salon.
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Hommage #7
Brand: Hommage Magazine
Role(s): Founder/Editor/Design Director
Hommage Seven released in March 2025, returning to the form first established with the Remastered Edition, and was the first to release with an accompanying Special Edition.
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Ten Days in Greece
Brand: Jesse Jackson IV
Role(s): Author/Photographer
Ten Days in Greece is the first in a series of exercises centered around world-building within a designated space and time.
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Hommage a Nostalgia
Brand: Nostalgia + Noise
Role(s): Design Director
Hommage a Nostalgia is the first collaboration between Nostalgia + Noise and Hommage Magazine.
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Hommage #6
Brand: Hommage Magazine
Role(s): Founder/Editor/Design Director
Hommage Six released in February 2025 and was the first issue focusing on the work of a single photographer.
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Hommage #5
Brand: Hommage Magazine
Role(s): Founder/Editor/Design Director
Hommage Five released in January 2025 and was titled and themed around Women and their Work.
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Hommage #4
Brand: Hommage Magazine
Role(s): Founder/Editor/Design Director
Hommage Four represented a fundamental shift in the product offering of Hommage.
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Words & Photographs
Brand: Jesse Jackson IV
Role(s): Author/Photographer
Words & Photographs & Other Means of Introspection is Jesse's first monograph.
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Hommage #1 – #3 Remastered
Brand: Hommage Magazine
Role(s): Founder/Editor/Design Director
The Remastered Edition of Hommage featured the work of twenty artists across a multitude of disciplines.
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Jesse seeks to create structures and certain turns of phrase that are as transportive as the best photographs can be, evocative of a certain time, a certain place; a lingering wisp of perfume on a saturnine summer’s eve. Jesse often combines brief lyrical exercises with a visual sequence of photographs in an attempt to approach the cinematic; interstitials set between larger bodies of work. A selection of these photo-texts appear below.
A Classic Summer from Manuscripts, July '20
Aestheticism from Manuscripts, September '21
Allocation from Manuscripts, December '21
As the founder of Hommage Magazine, Jesse writes a Letter from the Editor to accompany each issue. These letters tend to outline the theme of the issue. Occasionally, however, the remit expands beyond an individual issue and encompasses more of his creative ethos and direction. A selection of those letters appear below.
Raison d'etre from Hommage #1, April '24
Discovery from Hommage #4, July '24
Public Evolution from Hommage #7, March '25
In addition to exercising his curatorial eye as the editor of Hommage Magazine, Jesse enjoys collaborating with gallerists and educators to stage art exhibitions in both traditional and art-adjacent spaces.
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