Posts by Jessica Stewart

Jessica Stewart

Jessica Stewart is a Staff Editor and Digital Media Specialist for My Modern Met, as well as a curator and art historian. Since 2020, she is also one of the co-hosts of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. She earned her MA in Renaissance Studies from University College London and now lives in Rome, Italy. She cultivated expertise in street art which led to the purchase of her photographic archive by the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia in 2014. When she’s not spending time with her three dogs, she also manages the studio of a successful street artist. In 2013, she authored the book "Street Art Stories Roma" and most recently contributed to "Crossroads: A Glimpse Into the Life of Alice Pasquini." You can follow her adventures online at @romephotoblog.
Academy
October 15, 2024

5 Expert Drawing Tips To Inspire You To Start Sketching

We're halfway through the month, and for anyone who has already enrolled in My Modern Met Academy's October Drawing Challenge, you are likely immersed in your sketching. If you haven't taken the plunge already, don't worry; there are still two weeks to enroll yourself—or gift it to a friend—and develop your drawing skills with three of our popular online drawing classes.

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Wildlife Photography
October 14, 2024

World’s Top Wildlife Photographers Collaborate To Protect Tigers in the Wild

A new coffee table book brings together top wildlife photographers to help protect tigers in the wild. Remembering Tigers is a collection of 88 stunning color images and is the ninth book in the highly acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of publications. The book uses photography to raise awareness about the plight of tigers and helps protect them, with all profits going to conservation efforts.

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Wildlife Photography
October 10, 2024

Conservation Photographer Explores America’s Underappreciated Ecosystems [Interview]

Conservation photographer David Herasimtschuk grew up on the bank of Colorado's Cache la Poudre River. Those early experiences catching toads and splashing in the water transformed into a lifelong passion for nature. This passion initially pushed him to study wildlife and fishery biology and then moved him toward visual storytelling.

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Photo Contest
October 9, 2024

British Ecological Society Photo Contest Celebrates the Breadth and Beauty of the World’s Biodiversity

A striking photo of a bearded dragon basking in the Australian sun has won the British Ecological Society's Capturing Ecology photo contest. The competition encourages international ecologists, photographers, and students to celebrate the diversity of ecology, capturing flora and fauna from across the globe. The winning image by biologist Damien Esquerre was taken while on a bushwalk in Canberra.

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