Jada Rodriguez
2024 HEAR US Awardee
Photography and Imaging Class of 2025
Jada Solèy Rodriguez is a third year student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts studying Photography and Imaging. Jada is an Afro-Caribbean photographer, storyteller, and creative collaborator based in Manhattan, New York but was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. Her work focuses on the Black experience, memory and memory loss, family, trans-identity and the tendernesses of life.
Project
The Girl I’ve Been Looking For is a photography series that deep dives into the power and intimacy of trans-women/femmes lives, and serves as a reflection on their girlhood. This work takes place within the United States and the Caribbean to create dialogue against anti-trans rhetorics globally. This body of work seeks to highlight the unspoken beauty and tension of family relationships, romantic relationships, self love, culture and vulnerability we experience.
