One cold February morning in 2004, Jake Chessum embarked on a photo shoot with Amy Winehouse in North London. They met in her flat Camden Town and began shooting there. Looking for alternative locations, they then together roamed the local area and selected a cafe, launderette, Primrose Hill and finally a very old fashioned ladies clothes shop in Chalk Farm.
The resulting photographs are a stunning collection of candid and intimate images that beatifully captured Amy Winehouse in the early stages of her musical career.
Jake Chessum recalls, "I feel I was fortunate to have been commissioned to work with her at this early stage in her career and to have captured moments that preceded her worldwide fame. I only met her once, but to possess the images and to rediscover them every time I make a print is bizarrely significant, especially in light of what happened a few years later."
Amy Winehouse captured in a Primrose Hill cafe during a photo shoot with Jake Chessum in February 2004.
Stunning image of Amy Winehouse taken in a North London launderette during a photo shoot in winter 2004.
Amy Winehouse photographed in an amusement arcade in Kentish Town in February 2004.
Jake Chessum photographed Amy Winehouse alongside a baby blue guitar in the iconic Blustons store in Kentish Town in February 2004
Amy Winehouse all wrapped up on a freezing day on Primrose Hill in February 2004.
February 2004, Amy Winehouse is captured in a launderette in Primrose Hill by Jake Chessum
Amy Winehouse photographed by Jake Chessum in her favourite greasy spoon in Primrose Hill in 2004
Amy Winehouse at home in her flat in Camden Town in February 2004
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