"B FRESH is the best photographer in the Twin Cities." ~Erick Sermon
"B FRESH puts in work!!" ~B+
"A show isn't a show until B FRESH is there." ~M. RIVIERE
Rebecca B FRESH McDonald is a Hip Hop feminist and documentarian, photographer, photojournalist, visual artist, social justice advocate and community activist.
One of the top photographers in the Twin Cities, B FRESH's work has been featured in City Pages, the Star Tribune, IMPOSE Magazine and Wax Poetics, as well as in countless local artists media kits, websites and promotional materials. From hometown powerhouses Rhymesayers and Doomtree, to touring acts like KRS-ONE, DJ Shadow and Saul Williams, to a horde of lesser-known artistsif youve played a show in the Twin Cities, B FRESH probably has your face on her hard drive somewhere.
On top of being the hardest-working photographer in town, B FRESH is also a committed social justice organizer and activist. Her work with Intermedia Arts (B-Girl Be Festival), the Minnesota Womens Political Caucus, the Sexual Violence Center and more has centered around building community, shining a light on womens strength and voices, and being an advocate for positive social and political change.
Her paper, All the Ladies in the House, Say Hoo! A Global Hip Hop Feminist Response, won the 2008 Best Paper in Womens Studies Award at the College of St. Catherine, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Armed with an insatiable curiosity and creative daring, inspiration from the strong women and activists who have come before, and the understanding that photography is more than just pretty pictures, B FRESH seeks to highlight issues of race, gender and politics through her lens. She seeks to tell the stories of people who are too-often silenced, and to document strugglewhether that be the struggle of oppressed peoples building something out of nothing, the struggle of activists working toward a sustainable political and social movement, or simply the struggle of young artists trying to have their voices heard.
B FRESH is available as a session photographer, live show photographer, conference panelist, public speaker and all around freelance feminist rabble-rouser.
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