Oriana Koren

“This project allows for the most underrepresented folks in the food industry to see themselves as integral to the success of American food culture, instead of being relegated to the shadows.”

Meet Oriana

Oriana Koren (they/them) is a first generation Haitian-American Florida-born photographer, writer, and researcher based in Los Angeles, CA. Their work centers on the perspectives of people and communities with a history of colonization by re-framing image-making through a fusion of personal research, anthropological methodologies, and in-depth documentary practice. Oriana’s work most often focuses on Black contributions to American foodways and popular culture. They are a founding member of the Authority Collective, a co-author of the Photo Bill of Rights, and the founder of the Lit List photo award.

Oriana’s project for Artist Development Fund, entitled “The Black Food Visual Bible,” responds to the Taste of Heritage creative brief. They seek to create a comprehensive visual library of African and Black contribution to American foodways and cuisines as a means of correcting the institutional memory of American culinary art and agricultural technology.

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