CONTACT

jcantlin@gmail.com / @jessicacantlin

REPRESENTATION

Spectrum Fine Art (Seattle, WA)

Selected works available at:

Winston Wachter Fine Art (Seattle, WA)

Anne Loucks Gallery (Glencoe, IL)

ABOUT

Jessica Cantlin is a fine art landscape photographer from Seattle. Cantlin’s interest in photography began in high school in the black and white analog darkroom. Cantlin’s love for photography accompanied her through her first career as a criminal defense attorney. After 10 years, Cantlin retired from her law practice, and pivoted back to photography. Cantlin studied at the Photography Center Northwest in Seattle, where she fell in love with the precision of fine art digital printing. In 2015, Cantlin opened her studio and began making prints for other professional photographers. Cantlin simultaneously began showing her work in Seattle, the United States, and abroad. Cantlin travels the world with her cameras, curiosity, and love for wide open spaces. Blending texture, scale and natural light with water, weather and wildlife, Cantlin creates photographs that elegantly capture the intersection of humanity and the environment. Cantlin is a storyteller. She discretely observes and captures people in the landscape, and brings to light the details contained in the shadows. Every part of Cantlin’s photographs has significance. From the facial expressions and body language of the people she shoots, to the colors and textures of the landscapes that make up her sets. It is the juxtaposition of these details that lends an ordinary beach scene a surreal, dreamlike quality; a reminder to look closely. Cantlin’s work is sold in limited edition and printed by her using archival papers and inks.  Cantlin lives in Seattle with her husband, two children, dog, and rabbit.

In 2023, Cantlin co-founded Spectrum Fine Art, a contemporary art gallery in the heart of Seattle.