Jennifer Booher created twelve photographs inspired by the Dutch still-life painting tradition to accompany the essays in the 2025 edition of Chebacco. The artist will share her misadventures with historic recipes, her adventures in sourcing objects ranging from a neon ‘open’ sign to oysters excavated from a Maine shell mound, and the challenge of adapting photographic techniques to re-create this painting style. 

Jennifer Booher is a Bar Harbor artist who uses still life photography, cyanotype, and drawing to explore the intersection of science and history. She has been a Resident Artist with Acadia National Park since 2015 and an Artist-in-Residence with the Mount Desert Island Historical Society since 2018. Ms. Booher is the recipient of two Maine Arts Commission project grants, a Frenchman's Bay Partners Environmental Stewardship award, and a Kindling Fund award from SPACE Gallery/Andy Warhol Foundation Regional Regranting Program. She received her BA in Art History and Asian Studies from Vassar College and her master's degree in Landscape Architecture and Historic Preservation from the University of Virginia. 

​Photograph: Bee's by Jennifer Steen Booher