Chessie Oswald-Jacobs


creative direction, styling and photography

chessie@oswald-j.com.au



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Playdate Editorial

Playdate explores the liminal space between girlhood and womanhood, capturing the essence of the way one remembers being a young girl who imagines what it’s like to be a woman all grown up. As many would be able to relate, I used to do this by playing dress ups in my Mum’s wardrobe, click-clacking around in her heels that were far too big, finding her makeup bag and messily applying too much blush and overdrawn lipstick, and wearing every colour of the rainbow in one outfit. Drawing on these memories and experiences of my childhood, when everything around me felt bigger and vastly vibrant,  I have created little worlds around these personal memories and subsequently my subjects, by exaggerating, reimagining, and distorting them into something new. Meanwhile, maintaining the innocence and vulnerability of girlhood whilst fusing it with the autonomous nature of adulthood.  
Editorial Concept
Photography, styling, creative direction, graphic design
2026










PARADOX Editorial



Combining food styling, interior styling, and fashion styling, PARADOX explores eco-brutalism with a mix of 60s MOD fashion to bring together each element in a united lifestyle editorial. Within a confined colour palette of icy blues and natural greens, this editorial explores the way each distinct category of design interacts.
Editorial Concept
Food, interior and fashion styling, photography, creative direction
2026







MISFIT Editorial

Welcome, step inside the tent, though you will find that nothing here appears the way it seems. This issue explores the whimsical world of the circus through the eyes of 10 corso como, where performance, illusion and high fashion collide. MISFIT aims to recreate the chaotic energy of the circus, combining this with the dreamlike strangeness of surrealism, drag inspired beauty, and the visual language of Man Ray.

You will find clashing prints, a playful colour palette, dynamic silhouettes, and makeup that dares to stand out. Theatre curtains and trompe l’oeil details interrupt the frame, reminding you that every page is part of a larger performance. Hands, shadows, and misbehaving props appear throughout, little winks to the idea that reality is flexible here.

This is your invitation into a world where fashion becomes spectacle and spectacle becomes illusion. Let yourself get swept up in the distortion, the glamour, and the mischief. Perhaps you'll even find your fit.
Editorial Concept
Photography, styling, creative direction, graphic design
2025









FILM PHOTOGRAPHY



An ongoing passion project and hobby of mine is documenting life through photography, working predominantly with 35mm colour film. Here is a small collection of some of my most recent work which I’m currently composing into a photobook/magazine.
Passion Project
35mm colour film
ongoing






BIG MARTECH



Big Martech required a logo, style guide and cover art for their new podcast series on Spotify and Youtube. Referencing the expansive nature of the martech industry, the word ‘Big’ has been emphasised in its stretched, three-dimensional form, that comes together with ‘Martech’ to create a box-like shape. This, again, correlates to the martech industry where you often buy software ‘packages’. The colour palette was inspired by the ‘tech aesthetic’ and the accompanying typefaces complement the bold logo, creating a coherent brand.
Freelance Project
logo, favicon, style guide, podcast cover art
2022