Jessica Todd Harper is an American fine-art photographer. She was born in Albany, New York in 1975.
Biography
Harper holds a
B.A. in
art history
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Tradit ...
from
Bryn Mawr College
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and an
M.F.A. in
photography
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from
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...
.
Her photographs have been featured in
Photo District News
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; Camera Austria;
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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;
Newsweek
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; and
O, The Oprah Magazine
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Overview
It was first pu ...
. Exhibits include The International Museum of Photography,
George Eastman House
The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as George Eastman House and the International Museum of Photography and Film, is a photography museum in Rochester, New York. Opened to the public in 1949, is the oldest museum dedicated to photography ...
,
Rochester, NY
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; The
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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; the
Allentown Art Museum
The Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley is an art museum located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1934 by a group organized by Walter Emerson Baum, a Pennsylvania impressionist painter.
The museum maintains a collection of ov ...
; the
Woodmere Art Museum
Woodmere Art Museum, located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a collection of paintings, prints, sculpture and photographs focusing on artists from the Delaware Valley and includes works by Thomas Pollock Anshutz, ...
in
Philadelphia
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; Blue Sky Gallery in Portland; Paul Kopeikin Gallery in
L.A.; Cohen Amador Gallery in New York; The Photographic Center Northwest in
Seattle
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; and The Photographic Resource Center in
Boston
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.
Harper is a recent project competition winner at Center (formally the Santa Fe Center for Photography) and selected artist of "PDN's 30: Our Choice of Emerging Photographers to Watch." Harper teaches at Swarthmore College.
She was a finalist for
Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to:
* National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra
* National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred
*National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C.
*National Portrait Gallery, London
...
2016
Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
Her work is included in the collections of the
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. The permanent collection of the museum spans more than 5,000 years of history with nearly 80,000 works from six continents. Follo ...
,
the
George Eastman Museum
The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as George Eastman House and the International Museum of Photography and Film, is a photography museum in Rochester, New York. Opened to the public in 1949, is the oldest museum dedicated to photography ...
and the
International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography (ICP) is a photography museum and school at 84 Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ICP's photographic collection, reading room, and archives are at Mana Contemporary in Jer ...
, New York.
Her work is also part of the Kinship exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery-Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC,
Publications
''Interior Exposure'' (2008) By Jessica Todd Harper
''The Home Stage'' (2014) By Jessica Todd Harper
''Here''(2022) By Jessica Todd Harper
Lenscratch, “Jessica Todd Harper”, by Aline Smithson (2009)
Lenscratch, “Jessica Todd Harper: Here", by Aline Smithson(2022)
“Artist Talk with Photographer Jessica Todd Harper.” ''YouTube'', YouTube, 16 Dec. 2008
“Jessica Todd Harper on Beauty, Family, and Photography.” ''Econlib'', 6 Dec. 2022, (podcast)
Wehelie, Benazir. “Not Your Typical Childhood Photos.” CNN, Cable News Network, 9 Mar. 2015
Green, Graeme. “A 'Wrong' Family Moment That's Full of Truth ... Jessica Todd Harper's Best Photograph.” ''The Guardian'', Guardian News and Media, 12 Oct. 2022,
Exhibitions
2022
The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian, Kinship (accompanying book, Kinship).
Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY Here (solo)
Le Centre Claude Cahun, Nantes, France, Here
2018
AIPAD, Rick Wester Fine Art
The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2018 at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. One of 3 invited artists.
The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian, The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
2017-16
The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian, The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
The McNay Art Museum Telling Tales: Contemporary Narrative Photography (catalog)
Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France The Home Stage (solo)
2015
The Print Center, Philadelphia The Home Stage, (solo)
Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France The Home Stage, (solo)
2014
The Portland Art Museum Blue Sky: The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40
Haverford College The Female Gaze: A Survey of Photographs by Women from the 19th to the 21st Centuries
Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY The Home Stage (solo)
2013
The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film The Gender Show
2012
Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France Interior Exposure (solo)
Gallery 339, Philadelphia More Photos About Buildings and Food
Philadelphia Photographic Arts Center 3rd Annual Photography Exhibition First Prize winner. Jurors: Kathy Ryan (NYT Mag) & Natasha Egan (Museum of Contemporary Photography)
2011
New Orleans Museum of Art The Art of Caring. Two year national tour with accompanying book. Curated by Dr. Cynthia Goodman.
Australian Centre for Photography Installation, Sydney, Australia100 Portraits
2010
Corcoran Gallery of Art 100 Portraits curated by Flak Photo’s Andy Adams
Photographic Center North West, Portland, OR. Photolucida’s Critical Mass 2009 Top Finalists Maine Media Workshops Arnold Newman and his Legacy
2009
The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography a traveling exhibition
The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & FilmWhat We’re Collecting Now: The Family Photographed
Gallery 339, Philadelphia Personal Views
Pilner International Photography Awards Competition International tour. Best in Show. curated by Bill Hunt from among NY Photo Festival winners
2008
Cohen Amador Gallery, New York, NY Interior Exposure (solo)
The Museum of Art, Ball State University Conversation Piece, (catalog), (solo)
2007
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Photo Forum
The Cooper Union Indwelling juried by Joyce Tenneson
Center for Performing Arts, Houston,Generations of Caring curated by Anne Tucker
2006
The Hunderdon Museum of Art Risky Business
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle Portraits from Private Spaces (solo)
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, Group Portrait
2005
Cohen Amador Gallery, New York, NY Inaugural Exhibition of Gallery Artists
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Several Artists Consider Books
Notre Dame University Jessica Todd Harper, (solo)
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
2004
The Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, The Woodmere Triennial (catalog)
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
2003
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA Portraits from Private Spaces (solo)
The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts The 2003 Biennial (catalog)
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
2002
Blue Sky Gallery- Portland, OR, David Hilliard and Jessica Todd Harper, (catalog)
The Hartnett Gallery- The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Legacy (solo)
Houston Center for Photography- Houston, TX Scenes from a Marriage Diary
Allentown Art Museum- Allentown, PA Scenes from a Marriage Diary (catalog) (solo)
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
2001
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
Rochester Institute of Technology MFA Thesis Show- Legacy (solo)
References
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Living people
Bryn Mawr College alumni
Rochester Institute of Technology alumni
American portrait photographers
1975 births
21st-century American women photographers
21st-century American photographers