B FRESH Photography

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"She's got a Canon." ~KRS One"B FRESH is the best photographer in the Twin Cities." ~Erick Sermon (EPMD)"B FRESH is the best!!!!!!" ~The Gift of Gab (Blackalicious)"B FRESH Photography keeps it fresh, fun, and oh so funky- in a good way." ~Lateef the Truthspeaker (Maroons, Latyrix)"B FRESH be fun!" ~HEADNODIC (Crown City Rockers)"B FRESH puts in work!!" ~B+ (Hip Hop photographer extrodinaire)"A show isn't a show until B FRESH is there." ~M. RIVIERE (Emetrece Productions)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 artists—if you’ve 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 Women’s Political Caucus, the Sexual Violence Center and more has centered around building community, shining a light on women’s strength and voices, and being an advocate for positive social and political change.Her paper, “All the Ladies in the House, Say ‘Ho—o!’ A Global Hip Hop Feminist Response,” won the 2008 Best Paper in Women’s 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 struggle—whether 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. She can be reached at [email protected]