JESS BOTTA

Seattle born and now based in Spokane, Washington; with film being my first true love I try to bring the magic of motion picture to still life shots.

Drawn to light and color, I try to blend chiaroscuro lighting from the film noir era with hyperpop vibrancy in my concert work, and channel old kodak film with the retro technicolor of the 1950’s in my landscapes and portraits.

If you want your life to look like a movie - I’m your girl!

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  • Won 3 awards (Audience Choice Award, Septi Runner Up, and Best Actor) at 50 hour slam festival, ID, 2024

  • Original short film I produced, wrote, directed, filmed, and edited, won ‘Best Acting’ award at Kino Film Festival, WA, 2022

  • Won ‘Best Use of Prop’ in i48 film festival, ID, 2022

  • Won 3 awards (Best Cinematography, Best Student Cinematography, and Audience Choice Best Film) at Kino Film Festival, WA, 2021

  • Won 2nd best Student Film in Fall48 film challenge in Moscow, ID, 2021

  • Hogue Family Centennial Literary Scholarship, 2021-2022

  • Student Dean’s list at University of Idaho, 2020-2021

  • Photography picked by faculty and shown at school gallery at Bellevue College, WA, 2018

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