// Rokafella and KwikStep //
// Alyssa Macy //
// Andreas Jackson, MediaClectic //
// Poor People's March, RNC //
// RoboCops, RNC //
// It's TIME. RNC, Radio Row //
// RNC, vandalism //
// Cynthia McKinney //
// DNC, Invesco Field //
// Mos Def //
// Popmaster Fabel //
// Method Man //
// Dead Prez //
// Immortal Technique //
// Pharrell Williams //
// Bill Moyers and Phil Donahue //
// stic.man of dead prez //
// Too $hort //
// Davey D //
// Le Remeur //
// JAHI //
// Boots Riley //
// Quannum Crew and Family //
// KRS ONE //
// The Break/s Cast //
// Truthmaze, Lightning and Thunder CD Release //
// Muja Messiah //
// SLIM of GOB //
// The Usual Suspects Mixtape Release //
// Robert Karimi, SELF: The Remix //
// Sha Cage, Hip Hop for the Homeless //
// El Guante //
// Rhymesayers photoshoot for IMPOSE Magazine //
// Ritmos Unidos //
// Doomtree Blowout III //
// DJ Shadow, The Hard Sell tour //
// Junkyard Empire //
// Youth Noise Summit //
// M.anifest //
// Buss One //
// Joyo Velarde //
// DJ Krush //
// Afrika Bambaataa //
// Grayskul, Everybody Loves A Clown tour //
// MN Music Festival //
// '07 Twin Cities Celebration of Hip Hop //
// Indigo's CD Release //
// Paid Dues Tour //
// Carnage's CD Release //
// Kurtis Blow //
// Grandmaster Flash //
// Musicapolis, New MC //
// Slum Village Show //
// B-Girl Be 2007, DJ Shorty //
// B-Girl Be 2007, Rhythm Queens //
// B-Girl Be 2007, Bahamadia //
// B-Girl Be event @ PI //
// Desdamona CD Release Party //
// Rodrigo CD Release Party //
// Toki Wright CD Release Party //
// Just.Live //
// B.U.G.S. and FAM //
// Urban Sandbox, Chicago //
// Thursday Night //
// B-Girl Be Rehersal //
// Brother Ali Undisputed Truth Tour //
// Sha Cage CD Release //
// Sol Sessions Open Mic //
//Aspiring Model Session //
//The Hook Up //
// Fly Girlz 2 //
// Maria Isa //
// Spinderella //
// Saul Williams //
// Raices //
// Native Hip Hop Showcase //
// The Vagina Monologues, 02.14.07, V-Day //
// Visage Fashion Fridays, 02.02.07 //
// NOLA Hip Hop 4: Na'Tee & DJ Bombshell//
// NOLA Hip Hop 3: Beverly Skillz //
// NOLA Hip Hop 2: Impulss //
// NOLA Hip Hop 1: DJ Soul Sister //
// B-Girl-in-the-making //
// Spur-of-the-moment photoshoot //
// Doomtree Blowout 2 //
//Chocolate Extravaganza //
// Lady Sovereign //
// Lyrics Born //
// ESP Photoshoot //
// Psalm One //
// B-Girl Be //
College Of St Catherine
St Paul, MN
Graduated: 2007
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Communication, Women's Studies and Critical Studies of Race and Ethnicity
B FRESH Photography had an incredible time in New York, and am now plotting Chicago and LA adventures...lovely how my work is where I go go go. Freedom. view more
"If there was ever a natural born journalist, B FRESH is it." ~Jeff Chang (Author of Can't Stop Won't Stop)
"I was touched by B FRESH's work." ~Ernie Paniccioli (Ledgendary Hip Hop photographer)
"B FRESH puts in work!!" ~B+ (Hip Hop photographer extrodinaire)
"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)
"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, journalist, videographer, visual artist, social justice advocate and community mover-and-shaker.
One of the top photographers and emerging journalists in the Twin Cities, B FRESH's work has been featured in The SOURCE, VIBE Magazine, Wax Poetics, The Nation, ColorLines Magazine, The Liberator Magazine, IMPOSE Magazine, City Pages, and the Star Tribune, 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, Madonna, 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 one of her hard drives somewhere.
On top of being the hardest-working photographer in town, B FRESH is also a committed social justice organizer. Her work with Intermedia Arts (B-Girl Be Festival), the Minnesota Women’s Political Caucus, the Citizens League, 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 activists who paved the way, 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 rebecca@bfreshphotography.com
Hey Rebecca! Wanted to catch you last night at the show to tell you how incredible you are!! Awesome job on the video before Maria Isa's performance!!!!! You have such a great job, and no one can do it like you do it!!! Much love!
Aww... you actaully took time out of your busy schedule to comment on a couple of my pictures! I feel touched! I feel like Jesus just came down and blessed me himself!
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