Axel Jenson Photography
Brooklyn, NY

“My desire is to preserve the sense of people's lives, to endow them with the strength and beauty I see in them. I want the people in my pictures to stare back.”

—Nan Goldin

About Axel

A person with dark curly hair, glasses, and a septum piercing, dressed in formal attire including a bow tie and a plaid suit jacket, taking a selfie at a social event.

I’m a practicing fine artist who takes a slow, observational and humanistic approach to portrait photography.

I believe the best pictures happen in quiet, unforced moments.

If you’re tired of stiff, posed portraits, let’s talk.

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Selected works

Two young adults sitting outdoors at sunset, smiling and looking at each other, near a tree and a railing by a body of water.
Two people smiling and embracing outdoors, wearing rainbow-colored medals around their necks, with trees and a grassy field in the background.
Close-up of a person with purple hair, wearing glasses, a red jacket, hoop earrings, and a black mesh top underneath, smiling in front of a bright background.
A young person with dark skin wearing a white headscarf, white tank top, red pants, and a beige open-knit cardigan, smiling outdoors near a large tree with blurred green foliage in the background.
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