Her body of work on female footballers has scooped the 2006/07 PIC Award and earned her a £700 cash prize.
 | | Sally Lacey |
Birmingham born Jaskirt, a final year student at Coventry University, first had the idea for her project whilst writing female football match reports for the BBC Birmingham website. She said: "It occurred to me that some of the nation's top female footballers could pass you in the street and the vast majority of people wouldn't have a clue who they were. "This is of course the exact opposite for male football where the players are ranked as celebrities. Male football is a commercial, corporate and business enterprise, with the media waiting on its doorstep for a new headline." The project
 | | Laura Bassett |
Jaskirt began an ambitious project of photographing Birmingham FA female footballers away from the pitches in an effort to raise their profiles. These images are examples of her work. Her project has accompanying text to give background information on the players. "Female footballers have no recognition," she says. "These women have full time jobs or go to university and still put on the shirt for club or country. There is no money thrown towards their game but they do it purely for the love of the sport.
 | | Michelle Archer |
"They look like the average student or the woman you sit next to on the bus. But they’re also England’s best footballers on the weekends. I wanted to give them the recognition they deserve." On display Jaskirt will present her work to members of the photographic and imaging industry and trade press on Thursday 11th January 2007 at the Ramada Hotel, Watford. Her project will also be on display at the Focus on Imaging event at the Birmingham NEC from 25 – 28th February 2007. In the meantime, you can see examples of Jaskirt's work and find out about the players by clicking on the gallery link above. | 
