In 1999 he upped sticks and moved permanently to New York, where he still lives with his wife and family. By 1995 Jake was regularly flying the Atlantic on assignment for JFK Jrs’ George Magazine. Assignments for The Face, Arena, and an early ad campaign for Neutrogena featuring a 16 year old Kate Moss followed. Martins School Of Art, and started working as photographer straight out of college. I am a huge jazz fan and I remember we talked about music, London and New York.” She was really entertaining: funny, smart and cooly indiscreet. The record company were very hands off and didn’t pressure us to do any particular set ups. We met at her flat and went to a few of her local haunts: a cafe, a launderette, Primrose Hill. It was a classic February day: cold, wet, foggy and dark by about 4pm. Jake recalls the session: “I travelled from NYC to London in February 2004 to do a press shoot with Amy Winehouse.
Signed limited edition 20x24' print of Amy Winehouse taken at a laundromat in London by Jake Chessum.
