There’s a quiet strength that lives in Jess — a tension between grace and grit that the camera can’t help but linger on. She’s a versatile model, capable of transforming from bold to ethereal with the smallest shift of her gaze. But this series wasn’t about creating artifice; it was about revealing the real.

Shot in black and white, these portraits strip away distraction. The tattoos, the lines, the stillness — they tell stories of survival and playfulness, of rebellion that doesn’t need to be loud. When Jess saw the images, she said, “You made me look soft.”

But softness, I think, is just another form of power. I didn’t make her soft — I made her honest.