BACKHAUS, Jessica

About German photographer Jessica BACKHAUS (b. 1970)

Jessica BACKHAUS studied photography and visual communications in Paris. Here she met Gisèle FREUND, who became her mentor. In 1995 her passion for photography drew her to New York City. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Martin- Gropius-Bau, Berlin. Jessica BACKHAUS is represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York and The Photographers’ Gallery in London; until today she has published eight photo volumes which are highly appreciated by photo book lovers and some of which have been out of print for a long time.

Photo books by Jessica BACKHAUS

• 'Jesus and the Cherries' (2005); 'What still remains' (2008), 'One Day in November' (2008); 'I wanted to see the World' (2010); 'One Day. 10 Photographers' (together with works by Gerry BADGER, Harvey BENGE, John GOSSAGE, Todd HIDO, Rob HORNSTRA, Rinko KAWAUCHI, Eva Maria OCHERBAUER, Martin PARR, as well as by Alec SOTH); 'Once, still and forever' (2012, 2014); 'Six Degrees of Freedom' (2015); 'A Trilogy' (2017); 'Far Away but Close' (2019); 'Cut Outs' (2020); 'Plein Soleil' (2024)