Jessica Bethel

Hi, my name is Jessica Bethel and I am a Los Angeles-based photographer. My passion is rooted in fine art and portrait photography. My work is centered around community and my personal journey. Lover of all things books and wellness

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‘Resting Our Eyes’ Art Show Considers the Radical Act of Leisure for Black Women
W Magazine - by Maxine Wally
Whether they knew it at the time or not, Tahirah Rasheed and Autumn Breon—two California-based curators, had the key theme for a compelling art show …
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Celebrating Earth Day as a Photographer
Curated byJessica Bethel
Our role as photographers is rooted in storytelling and awareness. Even if you don't identify as a nature or wildlife photographer, you can give back to the earth through photography in so many ways. Making conscious decisions about the types of products you invest in, supporting local camera shops, supporting wildlife photographers creating conservation work — the list goes on. I compiled articles that touch on each of these points so you as a storyteller can celebrate Earth Day consciously.
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Zanele Muholi: Unflinching images that confront injustice
BBC Culture - Precious Adesina
Zanele Muholi creates powerful visual activism about queer life in South Africa. Precious Adesina talks to Muholi, and explores an extraordinary body of work. In 2009, a government minister in Johannesburg walked out of an exhibition in protest after seeing photographs of nude lesbian couples. …
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Filmmakers Academy Premium Education
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Cinematographer Sade Ndya spent her youth traveling the world, observing most of it through the scope of a lens. As a Black, Indian, and …
Beautiful article
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Where are the Women Image-Makers in African History?
contemporaryand.com
The photographic record in Africa began around 1863, yet women image-makers have largely been left out of the canon. When access to the camera …
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The Many Layers of Lorna Simpson
The New York Times - Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa
In January, the artist Lorna Simpson awed readers of Essence magazine with collages featuring photographs of that month’s cover star, Rihanna. The work was a continuation of Simpson’s ongoing “Earth & Sky” series, in which she replaces the hairdos of Black women in vintage advertisements with …

Jessica Bethel

Storyboards

Celebrating Earth Day as a Photographer

Photography Trends to Look for in the Spring

8 Black-Owned Art Galleries to Support

Ming Smith: Endless Imagination

Anthony Barboza: Raw Portraits

Celebrate Blackness Year Round

Magazines

Through the Lens of Black Women Photographers

By Jessica Bethel

The History of Black Photography

By Jessica Bethel

LEICA OWNERS MAGAZINE

By Mike McCue

Wet Plate Conversations - tintype and ambrotype stories

By Markus Hofstätter

The Photography Exchange

By Flipboard Photographers

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‘Resting Our Eyes’ Art Show Considers the Radical Act of Leisure for Black Women

Celebrating Earth Day as a Photographer

Zanele Muholi: Unflinching images that confront injustice

Filmmakers Academy Premium Education

Where are the Women Image-Makers in African History?

The Many Layers of Lorna Simpson