Gems, known as Jemme MD Art, is a 37 year-old self-portrait artist, her speciality fine art nude portraits. Her nude work is based on her own documentation of her journey living with a life-limiting, disabling, degenerative disease called muscular dystrophy, alongside depression, anxiety and bipolar type 2 disorder.
Creativity allows her the feeling of freedom instead of being confined by the disease, and her goal is to help others affected by a disability or chronic conditions by using fine art photography to tell a story, inspire and at the same time, raise awareness.
"My name is Gems otherwise known as Jemme MD Art. I am a 37 year old self portrait artist.
My primary works are fine art nude portraits.My nude work is based around my own documentation of my journey living with a life limiting, disabling, degenerative disease called muscular dystrophy.
Alongside depression, anxiety and bipolar type 2 disorder.
?Photography, art and writing gives me the space I need to feel freedom and be able to feel no longer confined by my disease.My goal through my self portrait photography and my honest writing is to help those personally affected mentally and physically by a disability/chronic illness disease or conditions by using fine art photography to tell a powerful story, to reach out to the viewer also,to be able to raise much needed awareness and understanding of the complexities of living with these conditions at the same time.
Using photography and photographing myself as my body changes has forced me to look deeper within myself allowing me to fight my issues around my body confidence due to it's ever changing landscape.
Something I was once ashamed of and really struggled with.
I decided the only way to do this was to tell my truth.
By not only being naked in my photographs but naked with my words, I hope to help as many people as I can"
