Photography: Jen Dessinger photographs a Mexican Quinceñera

Date
29 January 2014

Jen Dessinger is another photographer who seems to have slipped right through our fingers until now. She describes herself as a travel and portrait photographer, though her portfolio suggests that the breadth of her work spreads far further than those two designated fields, counting as she does AnOther Magazine, Australian Vogue and Dazed & Confused among the clients on her eclectic list.

This series Quinceñera sees her photograph the guests at a Mexican party for a girl’s 15th birthday, ranging from the elaborately dressed scowling birthday girl to the members of the band and guests attending. The glaring honesty and challenging gaze of her subjects is emphasised by the simplicity of her compositions – a very effective combination which is echoed across many of her other projects.

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Jenn Dessinger: Quinceñera

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Jenn Dessinger: Quinceñera

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Jenn Dessinger: Quinceñera

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Jenn Dessinger: Quinceñera

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Jenn Dessinger: Quinceñera

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Jenn Dessinger: Quinceñera

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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