Jessica Craig-Martin

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Jessica Craig-Martin
Born1963 (age 62–63)
United States
OccupationPhotographer
Father Michael Craig-Martin
Website jessicacraigmartin.com

Jessica Craig-Martin (born 1963) is an American writer and photographer known for her images of high-society events, parties, charity galas, and exclusive social scenes. [1] Her photographs often appear in contexts critiquing the "dark side" of the glamour world. [2]

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Career

Craig-Martin has been a photographer of social events since the 1990s. [3] In 1997, she was offered a contract by Anna Wintour. [4]

She frequently contributes photography to major publications like The New Yorker , Vanity Fair , and Vogue . Her style subverts traditional society photography by favoring harsh realism, cropped compositions, [5] [6] oblique angles, and avoiding clear facial identification of subjects to highlight themes of desire, disappointment, glamour's underbelly, and the absurdities of wealth and status. [7]

Her work has been exhibited widely and is held in collections including the Whitney Museum (New York), [8] the New Museum (New York), and the Guggenheim Museum (New York). [9]

She is the daughter of the artist Michael Craig-Martin. [10]

Exhibitions

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Publications

Her first monograph, Jessica Craig-Martin: Privilege, [13] features photographs from the world's most financially lubricated events, with essays by Glenn O'Brien and Angus Cook. She has authored a memoir-in-stories titled I Regret I Am Able to Attend: A Life Among Artists (published by Spiegel & Grau/Penguin Random House), an account of her coming-of-age in the art world of the 1970s and 80s. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Photographer Jessica Craig-Martin's Raw, Unflinching Look at '90s Society". W Magazine. 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  2. ↑ "THE ARCHIVES: Jessica Craig–Martin". Musée Magazine. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  3. ↑ "Photographer Jessica Craig-Martin's Raw, Unflinching Look at '90s Society". W Magazine. 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  4. ↑ Craig-Martin, Jessica (2017-10-27). "THE ARCHIVES: Jessica Craig–Martin". Musée Magazine. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  5. ↑ Jacobs, Sarah. "10 stunning photos that show how the 1% parties". Business Insider. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  6. ↑ Holman, Bob (2007-04-01). "Jessica Craig-Martin". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  7. ↑ Adams, Tim (2023-12-31). "The big picture: a wild night out by Jessica Craig Martin". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  8. ↑ "Jessica Craig-Martin". Whitney Museum . Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  9. ↑ "Jessica Craig-Martin". Jessica Craig-Martin. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  10. ↑ Craig-Martin, Jessica (2026-11-10). I Regret I Am Able to Attend: A Life Among Artists. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-525-51045-1.
  11. ↑ "Jessica Craig-Martin Oct 14, 2001–Jan 20, 2002 MoMA PS1". The Museum of Modern Art . Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  12. ↑ Caniglia, Julie (1997-11-01). "Jessica Craig-Martin and Lucas Michael". Artforum. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  13. ↑ O'Brien, Glenn (October 14, 2009). Jessica Craig-Martin: Privilege. Images En Manoeuvres. ISBN   978-2849951576.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  14. ↑ I Regret I Am Able to Attend: Jessica Craig-Martin: 9780525510451.
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