Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jesus Tejada. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, Jesus thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you tell us a bit about who your hero is and the influence they’ve had on you?

Someone who I consider to be the biggest influence on myself and my work is Virgil Abloh, designer and creator of Off-White. Whenever I look at his work, I can see how he takes reference points from different parts of his life, through different mediums, and reworks them into an entirely new perspective. Even the action of putting phrases between quotations allows him to recontextualize the meaning into something new, and I hope to work such a process into my own work. Like Off-White, the end-goal for Last Supper to serve as a gallery for all the reference points that mattered to me, recontextualized for the viewer to discover.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Hi my name is Jesus Tejada and I’m the creator of Last Supper, as well as the videographer for the clothing brand, Jerome Bradley. Last Supper began with comically small beginnings, with me using a half broken Canon 30D and learning off-hand tips from friends with formal training in the industry. I wanted to use photography to recreate art that was meaningful to me, whether that was vinyl art or films or literature or videogame art. With practice I’ve been able to focus less on understanding the mechanics and focus more on the DNA of Last Supper, or the type of language I want the brand to have. For me, this language is one that takes all of the reference points of my life and refines them through the lens. Over time I’ve been able to work with brands in order to compose and execute photo and video campaigns that resonate both with my brand’s language and their own. I’ve also been grateful to have begun shooting with Jerome Bradley, as bringing my mind in alignment with a brand’s language allows me to take ideas and apply them to my own work.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

The mission goal of Last Supper is to serve as a metaphorical dinner table or meeting ground for all of the reference points that have impacted me throughout the course of my life. The idea is to pay homage to the artists whose work has inspired me, in the hopes that the viewer can make that connection, or one that is entirely separate from my intent. Similar to the act of sampling in music, I want to harken back to established works of art but through a new perspective.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

For me, the most rewarding aspect of my work is when my message comes across through my work, and I can see that the media has released exactly as I had envisioned. There is no greater feeling than to create something with certain pieces of media as your influence, and for the reception to immediately pick up on said influences. I take pride in it because I feel there is a certain type of doublespeak is created, where the viewer can view my work both from the perspective of the influencing body as well as the perspective I generate. Additionally, there is a greater level of satisfaction when the viewer can create an entirely fresh perspective of their own, adding to the conversation that I want my work to foster.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.lastsuppershots.net/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lastesupper/