Jenny Mayfield, Photographer

Jenny Mayfield Blackstone has been a portrait photographer specializing in women, girls and dancers for over 18 years. Her work focuses on empowering young women, creating photos they love, and bringing recognition to their talents and strengths. She spent 14 years in Europe, opening studios in Frankfurt and Zürich before moving to Summit, NJ in 2022. She is a former photo editor for USA Today, as well as a producer at Population Services International, Weber Shandwick and other agencies.  She danced until she was 16 years old, and now has a daughter who dances. Jenny’s overseas work focuses on issues that disproportionately affect women in developing countries. She has worked throughout Africa and Asia most recently in Madagascar to document a team of local women restoring rainforests. Her photograph of Ashley Judd in Soweto, South Africa was selected as the cover photo for Judd's memoir, "All that is Bitter & Sweet." 

Jenny studied art history at La Sorbonne in Paris and holds a BA from Smith College as well as a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Jenny's photos have appeared in the following publications:

Town & Country, Marie Claire, USA Today, Glamour, Marie Claire, Ladies Home Journal, Self, The Today Show, The View, Oprah and others.