My name is Jason Jean and I’m a former tax professional turned freelance photographer. After several years in the public accounting industry while diagnosed with juvenile glaucoma and becoming partially blind, I decided to explore my creative side that was suppressed since childhood. I started shooting mid-2008 and fell in love with capturing style/fashion while connecting with various inspirational people throughout the world.

Citizen Couture was established shortly after NYFW Fall 2009 and soon developed into a website focused on exploring and capturing fashion inspirations at major fashion cities/events while globally reaching out to fashion bloggers, including other creative communities. It also extends social awareness among fashion insiders and emerging artists/designers utilizing the web to create better communication for people who are passionate about art and fashion.

A few random, interesting, and quirky facts about myself:

1) I am an American-born Taiwanese raised in New York. My last name is a phonetic translation to German that was passed over when my uncle lived abroad.

2) I grew up writing left-handed but at a young age my parents taught me to use my right instead. I currently define myself as selective ambidextrous, switching hands for certain tasks based on comfort.

3) I carried a sketchbook up until high school, feverishly drawing anything from comic book characters to simple portraits. Sometimes I would simultaneously draw with one hand and color with the other.

4) While I love fashion and style, I must admit that I can be a little of a geek at times; probably because of my financial background. I’m an analytical person who happens to be technological savvy with intermediate computer/web programming and accounting knowledge (how exciting, eh?).

5) I have a habit of asking friends to autograph favorite photos that I take. I find each individual signature unique which creates a sentimental and timeless value to the photos.