PHOTO FARM’s mission is to cultivate artistic expression and community.
OUR MISSION
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PHOTO FARM invites artists to create records of our collective and individual experiences. We prioritizes in-person exploration — to disconnect for the sake of connection.
At PHOTO FARM, we celebrate the reciprocal exchange of knowledge, inspiration and personal histories. We nourish the idea that, in an ever-changing evolution, we are all teachers and students in one lifetime. PHOTO FARM provides the space to be both.
The Staff of PHOTO FARM
Phyllis B. Dooney
Phyllis B. Dooney is a visual storyteller and educator. She was honored in 2019 as one of Photo District News (PDN’s) “30 New and Emerging Photographers.” Her work has appeared in Lightfield Festival, The Daegu Photo Biennale, The Nasher Museum of Art, Rencontres d'Arles, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, The Oxford American and elsewhere. Of her work, she says — “I photograph family; because family tells secrets about country.”
FOUNDER / DIRECTOR
Rachel Jessen
Rachel Jessen is a documentary photographer telling feminist stories about power, identity, and women’s lives. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and has been published in editorial outlets like The New York Times, ESPN The Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, NBC News, among others. Rachel is also an educator and the Digital Imaging Specialist at The North Carolina Museum of Art .
COORDINATOR, OPERATIONS / OUTREACH
Jane Pierce
STUDIO ASSISTANT
Jane Pierce is a researcher and printmaker interested in the intimate storytelling of personal and collective memory through visual art. She cherishes a slow practice through analog photography and darkroom printing as metamorphosis for etching, linocut, and mixed media products. Jane is largely influenced by the images found in the natural world, stranger's stories, her family's archived photos, chronic illness, religious memorabilia, and loved one’s faces.