Jessica Yatrofsky

Jessica Yatrofsky
Yatrofsky, Interview Magazine, 2016
Born	Jessica Lee Yatrofsky (1981-06-18) June 18, 1981 (age 35) East Brunswick, NJ, U.S.
Occupation	Director, Photographer, Poet and Performance Artist
Years active	2002–present

Jessica Yatrofsky (born June 18, 1981) is an American artist, photographer and filmmaker living in Brooklyn, NY.She is the founder of the photography blog, I Heart Boy, and has contributed to publications such as The New York Times, Brooklyn Magazine, Humble Arts, and East Village Boys. Yatrofsky's photographic work is part of the permanent collection with the Leslie Lohman Museum for Gay and Lesbian Art in New York City. Her first photography monograph, I Heart Boy, was published in 2010 by Powerhouse Books. In 2015, Yatrofsky published her follow-up monograph, "I Heart Girl". Her first solo show was in 2011.

Yatrofsky was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, the youngest of two daughters. She studied Fine Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2002–2006 and later received her masters in photography in 2009 from Parsons the New School for Design. She moved to New York in 2006 where she began photographing both men and women, friends, peers, art models, and other acquaintances. In 2012, "she turned her camera to the women around her, taking portraits of dozens of female friends who in turn suggested more and more women for Yatrofsky to shoot."

Jessica Yatrofsky is known for her intimate film and photographic work with female and male subjects. She first gained notoriety for her work on I Heart Boy, a photo blog dedicated to picturing young men in sweetly provocative ways, which was later adapted into a photography monograph published by PowerHouse Books in 2010 titled, "I Heart Boy". Yatrofsky developed a following while contributing to the online publication, East Village Boys. Her artwork includes live performances as well as films that explore beauty, gender, body politics, and perception. In 2010, Yatrofsky performed live with I Heart Boy subject and muse Andrew Yang at Daniel Cooney Fine Art that was featured in New York Press.