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Robel Fessehatzion

California, West Coast

Landscape photography

Robel Fessehatzion is a self-taught African-American photographer whose work focuses on American West landscape and environmental portraiture.

Robel Fessehatzion is a self-taught
African-American photographer and a member of the African
diaspora (Ethiopia) based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Influenced by his upbringing near the foothills of the northern
Sierra, his work focuses on the natural environment, identity,
marginalization and portraiture.

His visual style transform the landscape into
a place of belonging, by highlighting the harmony between
existing elements while thoughtfully incorporating natural
light and color within the frame.

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