Jesse Kalisher

Jesse was born and raised in Manhattan. His first camera came as a present from his father, celebrated photographer Simpson Kalisher, on his sixth birthday. A darkroom soon followed. Today, Jesse’s work is represented by The Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles and The June Bateman Gallery in New York. His work is in the permanent collections of both The Oakland Museum of California and The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. And this year, Jesse's work was exhibited at Chicago's Field Museum, Photo S.F., Photo L.A. and at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club where Jesse was named the club's March Artist. Robert Flynn Johnson, Curator of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, has declared Jesse, “A talented artist,” while Drew Johnson, the Photography Curator at The Oakland Museum of California calls Jesse, "an important California photographer in the tradition of Dorothea Lange." B&W photography is dead," Jesse says. "There are no Ansel Adams or Gary Winogrands of our day. Which is a shame. We need to resurrect B&W photography in America, to return it to its rightful place in the forefront of the art world. I'll do whatever I can to help in that effort. And I'll do this while keeping my original art affordable - because everyone should have a B&W print hanging somewhere in their home."

Jesse Kalisher Images:
San Francisco Sunrise
The Golden Gate Bridge Triptych
The Space Needle At Night
Yosemite Falls