Malcolm Jackson
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Malcolm Jackson is an award-winning artist and photographer based in Jacksonville, Florida. Malc uses photography as a bridge to connect the viewer to the realities of lifefor the common person in the 21st century. He uses street photography as a way to focus on race, class, identity, and community. His unique and honest approach has lead companies including GQ, The New York Times, Nike, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Netflix and ESPN to commission his work. Capturing life as it happens throughout the nation, Malcolm brings to light the stories of everyone in everyday life, highlighting those small moments that make us all human. Malc says of his work: "For me photography is a way to record time—you’re able to freeze-frame time and the importance of that and how much power that really holds—portraying what happened in the past while also being a sight into what could be in the future. I grew up running track and that was really the only thing I saw myself doing. I got a bunch of injuries that started having me sidelined, so I was just watching it go down the drain. At that point, I really didn’t see anything else in my life. When I was younger, my uncle taught me how
to use a camera and how to shoot cars. I thought it was fun but never really put that much emphasis on it. Once I put the spikes down, I fell into a deep depression. At that point, I picked up a little cell phone camera and went with my best friend and his parents on a trip to DC. I remember taking a bunch of pictures at the Air and Space Museum. From that point I had the bug, or the seed that was planted had started to grow. Once I started taking photography more seriously and studying photography, Gordon Parks was the first person I went to. I heard him say he uses his camera as a weapon to fight race poverty in social-economic systems in America, and that hit me like a ton of bricks—that is exactly what I wanted to do. There’s so much history and especially Black history that built Jacksonville into what it is today. I love it in every inch of my bones. I’ve had plenty of opportunities to leave, but I’ve decided to stay here and just travel. You can’t beat the spirit that comes from this place. There is so much opportunity here that has been untapped, even from a local perspective."