Jeremy Jeffs | photography & documentary
@jeremy-jeffs.bsky.social
Documentary photographer & film maker at Magnetofilms.com, editor/writer at PersonalWork.online
Currently working on projects about ME/CFS (I have lived experience), loneliness and men's mental health.
https://linktr.ee/jeremyjeffs
Currently working on projects about ME/CFS (I have lived experience), loneliness and men's mental health.
https://linktr.ee/jeremyjeffs
From my archive on this day - 13th Oct
1. 2010 - London, weaver Ptolemy Mann, from a project on London crafts
2. 2012 - Cairo, shooting a doc for Al Jazeera
3. 2023 - Lincoln, Hilary & Richard from a project on chronic illness
1. 2010 - London, weaver Ptolemy Mann, from a project on London crafts
2. 2012 - Cairo, shooting a doc for Al Jazeera
3. 2023 - Lincoln, Hilary & Richard from a project on chronic illness
October 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
From my archive on this day - 13th Oct
1. 2010 - London, weaver Ptolemy Mann, from a project on London crafts
2. 2012 - Cairo, shooting a doc for Al Jazeera
3. 2023 - Lincoln, Hilary & Richard from a project on chronic illness
1. 2010 - London, weaver Ptolemy Mann, from a project on London crafts
2. 2012 - Cairo, shooting a doc for Al Jazeera
3. 2023 - Lincoln, Hilary & Richard from a project on chronic illness
For Lives We Cannot Live I created 3 types of #collage - portraits hidden by rooms people live in, portraits hidden by photos before they were ill & portraits hidden by people's responses to #mecfs. So many meaningful lives have been disrupted.
#invisibleillness #millionsmissing #pwme
#invisibleillness #millionsmissing #pwme
September 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
For Lives We Cannot Live I created 3 types of #collage - portraits hidden by rooms people live in, portraits hidden by photos before they were ill & portraits hidden by people's responses to #mecfs. So many meaningful lives have been disrupted.
#invisibleillness #millionsmissing #pwme
#invisibleillness #millionsmissing #pwme
Had a txt from a contributor asking how I dealt with seeing so much suffer & it's true that sometimes I was v shaken - drove off with camerbag in the gutter once - but mainly I was angry. What other disease affects 400,000 but is virtually invisible? #pwme #mecfs #millionsmissing #invisibleillness
September 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Had a txt from a contributor asking how I dealt with seeing so much suffer & it's true that sometimes I was v shaken - drove off with camerbag in the gutter once - but mainly I was angry. What other disease affects 400,000 but is virtually invisible? #pwme #mecfs #millionsmissing #invisibleillness
Ancient Light by Melanie King is a series of analogue photographs taken in dark-sky areas, capturing light that's travelled millions of years before reaching the photosensitive film.
Full interview & details of her zine personalwork.online
#blackandwhitephoto #photography #zine #alternativephoto
Full interview & details of her zine personalwork.online
#blackandwhitephoto #photography #zine #alternativephoto
September 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ancient Light by Melanie King is a series of analogue photographs taken in dark-sky areas, capturing light that's travelled millions of years before reaching the photosensitive film.
Full interview & details of her zine personalwork.online
#blackandwhitephoto #photography #zine #alternativephoto
Full interview & details of her zine personalwork.online
#blackandwhitephoto #photography #zine #alternativephoto
Ryan Thomas is an early career #photojournalist with a strong intererst in #protestphotography. We sat down with him and chatted about his work in the USA, France and the UK, and his #selfpublished #photobook.
Read the full article on the website
www.personalwork.online
Read the full article on the website
www.personalwork.online
September 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Ryan Thomas is an early career #photojournalist with a strong intererst in #protestphotography. We sat down with him and chatted about his work in the USA, France and the UK, and his #selfpublished #photobook.
Read the full article on the website
www.personalwork.online
Read the full article on the website
www.personalwork.online
Really enjoyed interviewing inimitable portrait photographer Harry Borden for Personal Work Journal. It was a v frank and v funny chat, he shared his passion projects, state of the industry insights and some gossip!
Full interview - www.personalwork.online
#photography #celebrityphotographer
Full interview - www.personalwork.online
#photography #celebrityphotographer
August 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Really enjoyed interviewing inimitable portrait photographer Harry Borden for Personal Work Journal. It was a v frank and v funny chat, he shared his passion projects, state of the industry insights and some gossip!
Full interview - www.personalwork.online
#photography #celebrityphotographer
Full interview - www.personalwork.online
#photography #celebrityphotographer
From LIVES WE CANNOT LIVE showing at Oxo Tower Gallery from, 24/9/25
I asked people to respond to their photographs with written thoughts. This is from Ash, photographed in his childhood bedroom.
#PwME #MECFS #invisibleillness #documentaryphotography #photography #millionsmissing #photocollage
I asked people to respond to their photographs with written thoughts. This is from Ash, photographed in his childhood bedroom.
#PwME #MECFS #invisibleillness #documentaryphotography #photography #millionsmissing #photocollage
August 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
From LIVES WE CANNOT LIVE showing at Oxo Tower Gallery from, 24/9/25
I asked people to respond to their photographs with written thoughts. This is from Ash, photographed in his childhood bedroom.
#PwME #MECFS #invisibleillness #documentaryphotography #photography #millionsmissing #photocollage
I asked people to respond to their photographs with written thoughts. This is from Ash, photographed in his childhood bedroom.
#PwME #MECFS #invisibleillness #documentaryphotography #photography #millionsmissing #photocollage
People without #MECFS have been asking why this project is called Lives We Cannot Live. #PwME
Showing at Oxo Tower Gallery London from 24/9/25
More info mailchi.mp/16f8611232cc...
#socialdocumentary #documentaryphotography #invisibleillness
Showing at Oxo Tower Gallery London from 24/9/25
More info mailchi.mp/16f8611232cc...
#socialdocumentary #documentaryphotography #invisibleillness
August 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
People without #MECFS have been asking why this project is called Lives We Cannot Live. #PwME
Showing at Oxo Tower Gallery London from 24/9/25
More info mailchi.mp/16f8611232cc...
#socialdocumentary #documentaryphotography #invisibleillness
Showing at Oxo Tower Gallery London from 24/9/25
More info mailchi.mp/16f8611232cc...
#socialdocumentary #documentaryphotography #invisibleillness
LIVES WE CANNOT LIVE: Oxo Tower Gallery, 24-28th Sept.
Everyone I photographed talked about the devastating impact that #MECFS has on their lives. I've been trying to show what they lost.
#millionsmissing #documentaryphotography #PwME
Everyone I photographed talked about the devastating impact that #MECFS has on their lives. I've been trying to show what they lost.
#millionsmissing #documentaryphotography #PwME
August 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
LIVES WE CANNOT LIVE: Oxo Tower Gallery, 24-28th Sept.
Everyone I photographed talked about the devastating impact that #MECFS has on their lives. I've been trying to show what they lost.
#millionsmissing #documentaryphotography #PwME
Everyone I photographed talked about the devastating impact that #MECFS has on their lives. I've been trying to show what they lost.
#millionsmissing #documentaryphotography #PwME
It takes nearly 6 months to arrange a shoot with Shreya. She was ill, I was ill, then I was ill again.
Shreya meets me at the door in a wheel chair, tells me that today is bad, we’ll have to be quick.
After the shoot I send her some prints & she writes me a short note.
#mecfs #invisibleillness
Shreya meets me at the door in a wheel chair, tells me that today is bad, we’ll have to be quick.
After the shoot I send her some prints & she writes me a short note.
#mecfs #invisibleillness
August 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It takes nearly 6 months to arrange a shoot with Shreya. She was ill, I was ill, then I was ill again.
Shreya meets me at the door in a wheel chair, tells me that today is bad, we’ll have to be quick.
After the shoot I send her some prints & she writes me a short note.
#mecfs #invisibleillness
Shreya meets me at the door in a wheel chair, tells me that today is bad, we’ll have to be quick.
After the shoot I send her some prints & she writes me a short note.
#mecfs #invisibleillness
From Lives We Cannot Live - Oxo Tower Gallery from 24th Sept.
Some people were so ill I could only take a few frames before it became too much for them & I had to leave. #SevereME is devastating. #LivesWeCannotLive #documentaryphotography
#pwme #mecfs #fujigfx
Some people were so ill I could only take a few frames before it became too much for them & I had to leave. #SevereME is devastating. #LivesWeCannotLive #documentaryphotography
#pwme #mecfs #fujigfx
August 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
From Lives We Cannot Live - Oxo Tower Gallery from 24th Sept.
Some people were so ill I could only take a few frames before it became too much for them & I had to leave. #SevereME is devastating. #LivesWeCannotLive #documentaryphotography
#pwme #mecfs #fujigfx
Some people were so ill I could only take a few frames before it became too much for them & I had to leave. #SevereME is devastating. #LivesWeCannotLive #documentaryphotography
#pwme #mecfs #fujigfx
For 3 years, I’ve been documenting the hidden stories of #PwME these images were from the very start of the project #documentaryphotography
#widelux #ilfordhp5 #blackandwhite
#widelux #ilfordhp5 #blackandwhite
August 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
For 3 years, I’ve been documenting the hidden stories of #PwME these images were from the very start of the project #documentaryphotography
#widelux #ilfordhp5 #blackandwhite
#widelux #ilfordhp5 #blackandwhite
Lives We Cannot Live:
"This room is my prison. M.E is like living with an abusive partner, you never know when you’ll be punished and their controlling rules change day by day."
Susie, Lincolnshire.
#pwme #MECFS
#DocumentaryPhotography
#VisualStorytelling #LongTermProject
#SocialDocumentary
"This room is my prison. M.E is like living with an abusive partner, you never know when you’ll be punished and their controlling rules change day by day."
Susie, Lincolnshire.
#pwme #MECFS
#DocumentaryPhotography
#VisualStorytelling #LongTermProject
#SocialDocumentary
August 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Lives We Cannot Live:
"This room is my prison. M.E is like living with an abusive partner, you never know when you’ll be punished and their controlling rules change day by day."
Susie, Lincolnshire.
#pwme #MECFS
#DocumentaryPhotography
#VisualStorytelling #LongTermProject
#SocialDocumentary
"This room is my prison. M.E is like living with an abusive partner, you never know when you’ll be punished and their controlling rules change day by day."
Susie, Lincolnshire.
#pwme #MECFS
#DocumentaryPhotography
#VisualStorytelling #LongTermProject
#SocialDocumentary
After 3 years photographing 50 people with #MECFS, I’ve learnt more than in the 40+ years since my own diagnosis. #LivesWeCannotLive #PwME
August 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
After 3 years photographing 50 people with #MECFS, I’ve learnt more than in the 40+ years since my own diagnosis. #LivesWeCannotLive #PwME
Lives We Cannot Live is a 3-year project photographing people with #MECFS an incurable & debilitating illness. #LivesWeCannotLive #PwME #millionsmissing
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
August 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Lives We Cannot Live is a 3-year project photographing people with #MECFS an incurable & debilitating illness. #LivesWeCannotLive #PwME #millionsmissing
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
By taking his #streetphotography inside Paul Harrison creates striking relationships between art & the real world. Full interview personalwork.online
#nationalgallery #personalwork #IndiePhotoMag #photography
#nationalgallery #personalwork #IndiePhotoMag #photography
August 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
By taking his #streetphotography inside Paul Harrison creates striking relationships between art & the real world. Full interview personalwork.online
#nationalgallery #personalwork #IndiePhotoMag #photography
#nationalgallery #personalwork #IndiePhotoMag #photography
#SevereME is devastating & even 40+ years after my own (mild) diagnosis I can only guess at the pain & suffering. Hilary, Cereth & Craig let me take photographs, thank you.
#mecfs #SevereMEDay #severemeday2025
#LivesUnlived
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#mecfs #SevereMEDay #severemeday2025
#LivesUnlived
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
August 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
#SevereME is devastating & even 40+ years after my own (mild) diagnosis I can only guess at the pain & suffering. Hilary, Cereth & Craig let me take photographs, thank you.
#mecfs #SevereMEDay #severemeday2025
#LivesUnlived
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#mecfs #SevereMEDay #severemeday2025
#LivesUnlived
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
As a passion project I run personalwork.online - sharing the #personalprojects of photographers. This week's interview is Ayesha Jones featuring Backbone her project on #scoliosis
#documentaryphotography
#documentaryphotography
July 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
As a passion project I run personalwork.online - sharing the #personalprojects of photographers. This week's interview is Ayesha Jones featuring Backbone her project on #scoliosis
#documentaryphotography
#documentaryphotography
#MECFS is a health scandal.
#millionsmissing from work, education & society but no agreement on how many are affected.
Ignored by healthcare, excluded from research, invisible in data.
This isn’t just neglect. It’s erasure.
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#documentaryphotography
#millionsmissing from work, education & society but no agreement on how many are affected.
Ignored by healthcare, excluded from research, invisible in data.
This isn’t just neglect. It’s erasure.
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#documentaryphotography
July 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
#MECFS is a health scandal.
#millionsmissing from work, education & society but no agreement on how many are affected.
Ignored by healthcare, excluded from research, invisible in data.
This isn’t just neglect. It’s erasure.
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#documentaryphotography
#millionsmissing from work, education & society but no agreement on how many are affected.
Ignored by healthcare, excluded from research, invisible in data.
This isn’t just neglect. It’s erasure.
Info on exhibition and book tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#documentaryphotography
there are other colours?!!
July 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
there are other colours?!!
The response of @thereforme.bsky.social is spot on. Over the past 3 years I've photographed dozens of #pwME who are trapped in bedrooms desperate for appropriate treatment.
In Sept Oxo Tower Gallery is showing the work,info tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MECFS #ChronicIllnessAwareness #millionsmissing
In Sept Oxo Tower Gallery is showing the work,info tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MECFS #ChronicIllnessAwareness #millionsmissing
July 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The response of @thereforme.bsky.social is spot on. Over the past 3 years I've photographed dozens of #pwME who are trapped in bedrooms desperate for appropriate treatment.
In Sept Oxo Tower Gallery is showing the work,info tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MECFS #ChronicIllnessAwareness #millionsmissing
In Sept Oxo Tower Gallery is showing the work,info tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MECFS #ChronicIllnessAwareness #millionsmissing
For the next few weeks I’ll share stories from my photo project about #MECFS
Before Hillary became ill she was an entrepreneur, running companies, sponsoring motor racing, making music and living a full life.
Updates on exhibition & book: tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MEAwareness #DocumentaryPhotography
Before Hillary became ill she was an entrepreneur, running companies, sponsoring motor racing, making music and living a full life.
Updates on exhibition & book: tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MEAwareness #DocumentaryPhotography
July 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
For the next few weeks I’ll share stories from my photo project about #MECFS
Before Hillary became ill she was an entrepreneur, running companies, sponsoring motor racing, making music and living a full life.
Updates on exhibition & book: tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MEAwareness #DocumentaryPhotography
Before Hillary became ill she was an entrepreneur, running companies, sponsoring motor racing, making music and living a full life.
Updates on exhibition & book: tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MEAwareness #DocumentaryPhotography
For the last 3 years I've been working on a photo project about ME/CFS, an invisible, incurable illness.
John was the first of 50 people who've taken part.
It'll be shown at Oxo Tower this September - sign up for details tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MECFS #DocumentaryPhotography #DisabilityVisibility
John was the first of 50 people who've taken part.
It'll be shown at Oxo Tower this September - sign up for details tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MECFS #DocumentaryPhotography #DisabilityVisibility
July 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For the last 3 years I've been working on a photo project about ME/CFS, an invisible, incurable illness.
John was the first of 50 people who've taken part.
It'll be shown at Oxo Tower this September - sign up for details tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MECFS #DocumentaryPhotography #DisabilityVisibility
John was the first of 50 people who've taken part.
It'll be shown at Oxo Tower this September - sign up for details tinyurl.com/58khuv8z
#MECFS #DocumentaryPhotography #DisabilityVisibility
Making a #photobookdummy has been a vital process for finalising the work about #pwme it's allowing us to experiment and to make changes in a way that's not possible on a screen.
#photobook #documentaryphotography #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #fujigfx #documentaryphotobook
#photobook #documentaryphotography #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #fujigfx #documentaryphotobook
July 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Making a #photobookdummy has been a vital process for finalising the work about #pwme it's allowing us to experiment and to make changes in a way that's not possible on a screen.
#photobook #documentaryphotography #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #fujigfx #documentaryphotobook
#photobook #documentaryphotography #mecfs #myalgicencephalomyelitis #fujigfx #documentaryphotobook
Working on the book dummy for my ME/CFS project.
It’s a slow, careful edit—sequencing stories that deserve to be held with care.
Almost there.
#MECFS #Photobook #DocumentaryPhotography #InvisibleIllness #MEAwareness #ChronicIllness
It’s a slow, careful edit—sequencing stories that deserve to be held with care.
Almost there.
#MECFS #Photobook #DocumentaryPhotography #InvisibleIllness #MEAwareness #ChronicIllness
July 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Working on the book dummy for my ME/CFS project.
It’s a slow, careful edit—sequencing stories that deserve to be held with care.
Almost there.
#MECFS #Photobook #DocumentaryPhotography #InvisibleIllness #MEAwareness #ChronicIllness
It’s a slow, careful edit—sequencing stories that deserve to be held with care.
Almost there.
#MECFS #Photobook #DocumentaryPhotography #InvisibleIllness #MEAwareness #ChronicIllness