With our insatiable appetite to document our lives with photography children are so often the reluctant subjects of their parent’s cameras. Asked to smile, look cute, look that way, and come in closer, often an interruption to their own concentrated play, I See you Like This turns the camera back and allows children to see a parent or significant adult as their 'subject'. 

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This iconic project offers a rare opportunity for parents to be ‘seen’, and for children to express their perspective on what kind of person their adult is, through their eyes. Each short interview with Jessica and their adult is a simple yet unusual exchange and often the first time the adult has heard how their child perceives them. 

The child artist then has 20 minutes to create their bizarre artwork directly onto their adult's face. Snapped by a professional photographer, the ISYLT portraits are consistently surprising. Usually turned quickly around to form major exhibitions, they demonstrate the originality of children’s creative voices as well as the surrender of their unwitting and willing parents. ​

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In the tension and beauty of a familiar relationship questioned, there is theatricality. In the safety of a ritual process there is candid honesty and play. And with considered yet unconventional curation of the unfettered creativity of kids, there is always compelling artworks!

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Working with children everywhere, Jessica has made more than 2000 portraits, helping children to be heard, affecting parent/child relationships and sometimes even making parents cry!