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Kenna Beban is a Brooklyn-based photographer, originally from the Bay Area, CA. She studied Journalism and Environmental Studies at NYU, and her photos and writing have been published in Brooklyn Magazine, Punch Drink, BK Reader, and The Sun.
She graduated from the Documentary Practices and Visual Journalism program at the International Center of Photography in 2025. There, her work focused on the evolution of the Catholic church through youth in Queens, and the loss of funding for refugee resettlement programs in Ohio. Currently, she works as a companion caregiver while doing freelance photography. She speaks conversational Spanish and is available for assignments.
Kenna Beban is a Brooklyn-based photographer and journalist from the Bay Area, CA. She currently works as a Forensic Photographer for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner while doing freelance photography and studying at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Her reportage work covers civic science, political movements, and immigration around New York City. She speaks conversational Spanish and can travel to assignments in her cherry red Kia Soul.
Education/Training
2025 – International Center of Photography,
Documentary Practices and Visual Journalism
2025 – Eddie Adams Workshop XXXVIII
2022 – New York University, BA
Journalism and Environmental Studies
Published Works
Brooklyn Magazine, BK Reader, Civic Science Media Lab,
Punch Drink, The Sun, Shoeleather Magazine
Exhibitions
Look Up, ICP, 2025
On Immigration, STOMA, 2026