Jen Bekman

Jen Bekman owns an eponymous gallery, writes a blog called Personism and is the founder of the international photo competition, Hey, Hot Shot! . Her latest endeavor is 20×200, a place to buy editioned prints and photos at ridiculously affordable prices.

Jen Bekman Projects, the gallery, its exhibitions and Jen herself have been featured in dozens of publications including The New York Times, Harper's, Art in America, Foam, Businessweek, Dwell, Der Spiegel and Le Monde. Jen has been a guest lecturer at The School of Visual Arts and the Photographic Resource Center @ Boston University, served as a reviewer at Center's Review Santa Fe and was named an Innovator of the Year by American Photo. This year she's jurying the Singular Image Prize for Center and in May she'll be honored with the Rising Star Award from the Griffin Museum.

Her writing has appeared in GOOD Magazine and photo-eye Booklist.