Stephen Jackson: writer & digital artist
About Me
'I was trained in Psychology, Logic & Metaphysics: only later as a lecturer and artist. I'm based now in London.
I've been author/editor of over a dozen books as well as a journalist whose features appeared in The Independent, Time Out, Sunday Telegraph and leading national magazines. I worked in television films, one of which won Crystal Prize at the Prague Festival; and I have been too-generously cited by the Head of BBC Music and Arts as 'a writer of the Upper-First Division'.
But it was only in the mid-1990’s that I discovered the magical potential of digital imaging to transform our preconceptions of what we imagine the world to be like. The resulting juxtapositions of my art and poetry have been described as 'fascinating and amazing' by a leading US novelist. Elsewhere these visuals found acclaim as "hauntingly beautiful": the words as "tight and life-enhancing'"(by writer and broadcaster John Hegley), with a richness comparable to John Donne's.
The memories of my own more somnolent period of reflection (thanks to a long-corrected neuro-chemical imbalance), the fresh revelations of a subsequent sort of rebirth... these offer endless avenues of inquiry as well as new and welcome pleasures. My latest book 'DEAD PEOPLE ON HOLIDAY' is available through Amazon and good bookshops. It's been called "visually stunning"..."sublime" - and it's also soon to be available as an eBook. ISBN 978-1-4500-3968-0.
See more at http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B0034Q712W
Now I seek new challenges, fresh collaborative ventures. I'm a wordsmith and professionally trained photographer with a solid track record in cultural PR. Blue-sky thinking? I'm less head-in-the-clouds than many. Above all, I welcome approaches for fresh, creative, artistic or cultural collaborations.
"Only a few poets succeed in delivering first class prosaic poetry and Stephen Jackson is one of them...Go where no one went before and let his introspective poetry ravish your mind."
- Lena Vanelslander, University of Ghent.
P.S. Want to see what photography inspires me?
My video introduction to myself and my sites.
Just click this icon. Wix's magic direct line to the White House - well, mine, anyway.
Much more of my work as a writer and journalist than you'll find on here.
The digital version of my first poetry book: your taster for the real (printed) thing.
Page after page after bleedin' page...
Your link to my other published books.
My LINKED IN (professional) profile. Have a look, or even join me on there?
Your link to my YOU TUBE channel: my own shorts, world-class shorts by other people, and some great music.
Including the most recent work and my unpublished poems.
More literary scratchings: a flying visit to what I do.
Link to my Amazon AUTHOR page, where you can buy my books.