Jessica Todd Harper

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 from Bryn Mawr College and an M.F.A. in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Her photographs have been featured in Photo District News; Camera Austria; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; Newsweek; and O, The Oprah Magazine. Exhibits include The International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Allentown Art Museum; the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia; Blue Sky Gallery in Portland; Paul Kopeikin Gallery in L.A.; Cohen Amador Gallery in New York; The Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle; and The Photographic Resource Center in Boston. Harper is a recent project competition winner at Center 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 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the George Eastman Museum and the International Center of Photography, New York.
Her work is also part of the Kinship exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery-Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC,

Publications

Interior Exposure By Jessica Todd Harper
The Home Stage By Jessica Todd Harper
Here By Jessica Todd Harper

“Artist Talk with Photographer Jessica Todd Harper.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Dec. 2008
“Jessica Todd Harper on Beauty, Family, and Photography.” Econlib, 6 Dec. 2022,
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,
Harper, Jessica Todd. “The Family Album: A Personal View.” Gente di Fotografia, 2023.

Exhibitions

2022
The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian, Kinship.
Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY Here
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
Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France The Home Stage
2015
The Print Center, Philadelphia The Home Stage,
Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France The Home Stage,
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
2013
The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film The Gender Show
2012
Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France Interior Exposure
Gallery 339, Philadelphia More Photos About Buildings and Food
Philadelphia Photographic Arts Center 3rd Annual Photography Exhibition First Prize winner. Jurors: Kathy Ryan & Natasha Egan
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
The Museum of Art, Ball State University Conversation Piece,,
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
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,
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
2004
The Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, The Woodmere Triennial
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
2003
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA Portraits from Private Spaces
The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts The 2003 Biennial
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
2002
Blue Sky Gallery- Portland, OR, David Hilliard and Jessica Todd Harper,
The Hartnett Gallery- The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Legacy
Houston Center for Photography- Houston, TX Scenes from a Marriage Diary
Allentown Art Museum- Allentown, PA Scenes from a Marriage Diary
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
2001
The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship
Rochester Institute of Technology MFA Thesis Show- Legacy