Artist Biography

Sam Yesko (they/she) is a fine art photographer and video artist based in Maryland, United States. Whilst interested in all photographic forms, their work consists primarily of constructed, self-portraiture, and documentary photographic styles. Often drawn to the tensions between control and vulnerability, they create works based on the ideas of identity, trauma, the actions of the human body and how the psychological mind works within our daily lives. Sam has earned their BFA in Photography & Video at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design in Lancaster, PA. Their work has been exhibited and published internationally and globally such as The Halide Project in Philadelphia, PA, The Los Angeles Center of Photography in Los Angeles, CA, and featured in countries such as Japan, France, Italy, and The United Kingdom.