Giselle Norman In Louis Vuitton Resort by Jackie Nickerson for W Magazine 7, 2019

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Giselle Norman In Louis Vuitton Resort by Jackie Nickerson for W Magazine 7, 2019

Giselle Norman is styled by Max Clark in Louis Vuitton’s new Resort 2020 Art Deco collection, inspired by Nicolas Ghesquière’s first trip to New York and the reopening of the historic TWA Flight Center at JFK. Photographer Jackie Nickerson captures ‘Taking a Stand’ for W Magazine 7, 2019./ Hair by Shingo Shibata; makeup by Emil Kaneko; set design by Gerard Santos

Natasha Poly by Jackie Nickerson in 'Stance' for Vogue Italia November 2019

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Natasha Poly by Jackie Nickerson in 'Stance' for Vogue Italia November 2019

Top model Natasha Poly is styled by Charlotte Collet in a spectacular floral mix with an urban grit attitude from Alexander McQueen, Emporio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Max Mara, Michael Kors and more. Photographer Jackie Nickerson is behind the lens, capturing Natasha in ‘Stance’ for Vogue Italia November 2019./ Hair by Soichi Inagaki; makeup by Lotten Holmqvist

Jackie Nickerson Captures Adut Akech in 'Forward Thinking' Garden Inspo for Vogue US

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Jackie Nickerson Captures Adut Akech in 'Forward Thinking' Garden Inspo for Vogue US

Top model Adut Akech is styled by Jorden Bickham in ‘Forward Thinking’, lensed by Jackie Nickerson for Vogue US September 2019./ Hair by Kiyoo Odo; makeup by Adrien Pinault

Lupita Nyong'o Is Lensed by Jackie Nickerson for Vanity Fair Magazine October 2019

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Lupita Nyong'o Is Lensed by Jackie Nickerson for Vanity Fair Magazine October 2019

Actor, activist and super woman Lupita Nyong’o delivers her most beautiful fashion editorial to date — and she’s had some lovelies. Samira Nasr styles Lupita’s vibrant, colorful ensembles in gorgeous images by Jackie Nickerson for Vanity Fair Magazine’s October 2019 issue. Kimberly Drew conducts the interview.

Solange Knowles Writes Love Letter From Jamaica, Lensed By Jackie Nickerson For Dazed Magazine | Archives

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Solange Knowles Writes Love Letter From Jamaica, Lensed By Jackie Nickerson For Dazed Magazine | Archives

Talent Solange Knowles is styled by Katie Shillingford in ‘Runaway Bay’, lensed by Jackie Nickerson for Dazed Magazine Spring/Summer 2018. Knowles pens a seven-part thank you and reflection on Jamaica. She begins:

I’ve been following Joni. First through her words, then through her truth, then through her melodies and the way I dance and drown in them. Then through her jazz, through chords that ease themselves into one another without ever showing their shadows. Through her exodus. To Topanga, and then to Laurel, and now to Runaway Bay, without even trying to find her.

I’ve been looking at photos of this house in Runaway Bay for five years. Wanting to know if it could tell my secrets. If it could hold me. If I could write music, and drink wine, and draw sketches, and sleep well naked and invent new ways to say how I feel. If I could burn my sage, and wash my hands with Florida water right there on the porch until I feel renewed. 

Solange was referencing legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell who spent time in Jamaica, unable to sing or birth lyrics. Instead, writes Vogue, Mitchell painted on the walls of the bedroom of Itopia, a stone-walled house built in the 1600s as part of the Cardiff Hall estate on the North Coast of Jamaica.

Solange posted a now-deleted Instagram message: “Joni Mitchell painted murals in this house. I wrote songs in this house.”

The name ‘Runaway Bay’ comes not from the fact that this is a perfect getaway spot in Jamaica. That would be modern marketing. ‘Runaway Bay’ was an escape route for slaves The area is rich in caves, giving runaway slaves both shelter and secrecy as a place to regroup before choosing whether to remain on the island and move on. Read The Jamaica Maroons and the Danger of Categorical Thinking.

Another gift in the photo shoot is Shillingford’s choice of Paolina Russo’s athletic corset, worn on the cover. Russo won the prestigious L’Oreal Professionnel Young Talent Award at the Saint Martins BA fashion show in May 2018. She is now working on a Masters at Saint Martins, with industry eyes lasered on her prodigious talent and visionary future in fashion.

Keira Knightley Tailors Up By Jackie Nickerson In Sunday Times Style Magazine December 23, 2018

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Actor Keira Knightley is styled by Verity Parker in refined, modern-architecture luxe separates lensed by Jackie Nickerson for The Sunday Times Style Magazine UK December 23, 2018./ Hair by Sam McKnight; makeup by Georgina Gayle

Knightly revealed in October that she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at age 22 and considered giving up her acting career. Especially in our judgement-driven, social-media patrol world, stardom carries its own dark side. With this topic so front and center in our daily lives, AOC just took the time to search for the clinical definition of PTSD — which can seem a bit self-centered when injured vets are walking around with their limbs blown off. We share the famous Mayo Clinic’s medical definition of PTSD.

Knightley’s PTSD led to a breakdown and an inability to work for a year.

“I have a super-solid background and thank f*** for that. My family and my small but very close group of friends just wrapped me up. And I think, without that, it would have been a very different story.”

Knightley added: “I knew I always had somebody there to cuddle me who didn’t want anything from me. Ultimately I didn’t want them (the media and paparazzi) to win. The only thing I want to do is make films.”

The actor, who also speaks her changing life with husband James Righton and their daughter Edie, currently appears in new Disney film The Nutcracker And The Four Realms, and will next star in the period drama ‘Colette’, released in January 2019.

Kim Kardashian West Embraces Modesty, Lensed By Jackie Nickerson For CR Fashion Book #13

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Kim Kardashian West Embraces Modesty, Lensed By Jackie Nickerson For CR Fashion Book #13

Kim Kardashian West delivers a version of herself that we've never seen. Not only covered up, but a prairie-loving star in a John Wayne movie, Kim Kardashian takes center stage as a pioneer woman under the influence of Marie Antoinette. Carine Roitfeld styles KKW in Calvin Klein 205W39NYC, Balenciaga, Coach 1941, Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood, Max Mara and more for images by Jackie Nickerson in CR Fashion Book #13. The entrepreneurial mogul explains why this fashion shoot was her easiest:

When I do a shoot, I love to see the photographer’s version of me. I’m not this diva who shows up on set and has all these demands of specific angles and glam and how I want to look. I like doing things that aren’t me or aren’t the way that people typically see me, and I love to see that version too. This was my easiest shoot because I didn’t have to suck it in. I was just myself and it was more about attitude instead of showing off my body, which was different and refreshing. I think people don’t really see me as dressing so modest. What’s funny is that, though I obviously am very comfortable not being modest, my soul inside is kind of modest. My closest friends know that about me.

Anok Yai Shuffles Street Style, A Girly Mix Lensed By Jackie Nickerson For Pop Magazine S/S 2018

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Fast-track Prada model Anok Yai is styled by Charlotte Collet in 'Shuffle', an eclectic and sporty mix in Good and Plenty candy pastels lensed by Jackie Nickerson for Pop Magazine Spring/Summer 2018./ Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Janeen Witherspoon

Jackie Nickerson Captures Karen Elson In 'Unbasic' Casual Looks For CR Fashion Book #12

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Model icon Karen Elson wears the pants in 'Unbasic' styled by Ben Perreira. Photographer Jackie Nickerson is behind the lens for CR Fashion Book #12.

Elson announced this week that she has joined the Board of Directors of Model Alliance, joining founder Sara Ziff and other board members in a talk with editors, models and other industry professionals on Wednesday. 

Anok Yai Wears Urban Mixes In 'Lady What's Tomorrow' By Jackie Nickerson For AnOther Magazine SS 2018

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Rising model Anok Yai, Howard U-discovered Prada Fall 2018 exclusive is styled by Katie Shillingford in "Lady What's Tomorrow'.  Photographer Jackie Nickerson flashes Anok for AnOther Magazine Spring/Summer 2018.

"It was an honour and I'm proud that I was the one chosen to open, but this is bigger than me. Me opening for one of the top fashion houses is a statement to the world - especially for black women - that their beauty is something that deserves to be celebrated," Anok told Vogue of the moment when she opened the Prada Fall 2018 show in Milan, the first woman of color to do so in 20 years.

Jackie Nickerson Captures Rila Rukushima For Vogue Australia September 2017

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Jackie Nickerson Captures Rila Rukushima For Vogue Australia September 2017

Japanese actor and fashion model Rila Rukushima joins Vogue Australia's September 2017 trip to Japan, lensed by talented, Boston-born photographer Jackie Nickerson. The artist -- and she is -- has a specific interest in identity and how we are all affected by our environment and in our shared social and psychological experiences. Nickerson has maintained an arms-length relationship with the fashion industry, preferring to live in Africa and Ireland, and also South Korea. Coaxed in for a Marni campaign in Fall 2015, Nickerson delivers much-needed artistry and individuality into the fashion world. More later . . . as she finds her right balance among the fashionistas. 

Yumi Lambert Takes Japan, Lensed By Jackie Nickerson For Vogue Australia September 2017

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Vogue Australia's September 2017 issue continues with its focus on Japan, featuring model Yumi Lambert styled expertly by Christine Centenera for images by Jackie Nickerson./ Hair by Sophie Roberts; makeup by Maki Ryoke

Updated: Bella Hadid & Jordan Barrett Front Vogue Australia September 2017, Lensed By Jackie Nickerson

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Bella Hadid & Jordan Barrett Front Vogue Australia September 2017, Lensed By Jackie Nickerson

Bella Hadid joins forces with Jordan Barrett in Vogue Australia's September 2017 cover story lensed by Jackie Nickerson. Christine Centenera styles the couple in 'Savage Beauty'./ Hair by Shon; makeup by Romy Soleimani