Jessica Backhaus

Backhaus was born in 1970 Cuxhaven, Germany.^[1][2] In 1986 she moved to Paris.^[1] In 1992, at the age of 22, she met the French photographer Gisèle Freund, who became a friend and influential mentor.^[1][3][4]

Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston^[5] and the Yale University Art Gallery.^[6]

• Jesus and the Cherries (2005)^[7]
• What Still Remains (2008)^[7][8][9]
• One Day in November (2008)^[7]
• I Wanted to See the World (2011)^[3][10]