Jesse Rieser

Jesse was born in the Ozarks--an 80’s kid with a Midwestern upbringing in Springfield, Missouri. At Arizona State University he majored in photography and art history while attending the Herberger Institute of Art and Design. Now working out of Phoenix and Los Angles, he continues his exploration of uniquely American themes paired with his unique use of light and color.

Jesse has been interviewed and featured in The New York Times, Time, National Geographic, Architectural Digest, NPR, Buzzfeed, Wired, Fast Company, and the Washington Post.

His work has been celebrated by Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 50 in 2011, 2013, and 2018, Communication Arts Photography Annual (2x), PDN Photo Annual (6x), American Photography Annual (17x) and a recipient of the Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward award (Top Emerging Fine Art Photographer in North America and U.K. Under 35)
With over 40 exhibitions, selected solo shows at the Mountain Shadows Gallery, (Arizona) Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art (Oklahoma) Smithsonian affiliated Irvine Center for the Arts (Texas), and Newspace Center for Photography (Oregon).

As a past winner, he has twice been a judge and panelist for The One Club Young Guns progr