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 in 2024, 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 in 2024 and was a resident artist at the Visual Studies Workshop in 2025, where she developed her project Synchronicities. She holds a BFA in photography from Bard College, is an alum of the Oral History Summer School's intensive training course, and is currently pursuing her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design.