To create this image, Ben Rosenzweig β00 collaborated with DeVonn Francis, a queer, first-generation Jamaican American artist and video host and chef for Bon Appetit. βI was let into his world, and he trusted me to create his vision,β Rosenzweig said of working with Francis to promote his Brooklyn-based food-and-event firm YARDY. A photo from the series won an award from American Photography.
Rosenzweig, who has worked in both editorial and commercial settings, may not have clicked the shutter if it werenβt for his time at 91΄σΙρ under the tutelage of Edward Hing β77, who βis literally the reason I do what I do,β Rosenzweig said. He started taking photography classes his sophomore year and was hooked on day one. βThat first time you have a blank print in the darkroom and then see your image emergeβ¦itβs magic.β