Jessica Chappe (rhymes with snap) is a mixed media storyteller who focuses on how people find belonging through community, place and self. She works with photography, videography, archives, oral histories, and journalistic practices to foster collaborative processes. Her work has been shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards, and published by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, and Times Union Hudson Valley. She was a featured artist at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, and has worked extensively with David Hume Kennerly, Wendy Ewald, Mark Moffett, and Melissa Auf der Maur. Chappe completed the International Center of Photography’s Visual Storytelling Intensive and will be participating in the Visual Studies Workshop residency program in summer 2025. She holds a BFA in photography from Bard College and will commence her MFA at Rhode Island School of Design in the fall 2025.