Rachel Brennecke, also known as Bon Jane, received her BFA from the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in 2007. She has mentored under artists Peter Beard, Niles Rodgers and Gilles Bensimon; performed at The Museum of Modern Art for Marina Abramovic, Deitch Projects for Vanessa Beecroft, and Performa 09 in Mother Earth Sister Moon. Raised by several generations of artists, Rachel began immersing herself in fashion and art in New York and Europe from the age of fourteen.

Her first photo book Americana Girl was released at Printed Matter's PS1 Art Book Fair in September 2016. Americana Girl was selected for ‘Favorite Titles from the NY Art Book Fair’ by American Photo, an interview with i-D magazine, and work from AG was printed in AI/AP's 2017 hardcover juried annual book, American Photography 33. Rachel’s work has been published in Cosmopolitan, Elle, Violet Book, Ladygunn, Galore, The Daily, Vice, and on Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, i-D, Marie Claire, NY Magazine and The Cut.com. Her photographs have been published as Worn In New York by Emily Spivak, and she appears in Mark Seliger’s LISTEN.

Rachel donates her work to causes she believes in, raising funding for social justice nonprofits, and volunteers her spare hours working with and raising funding for animals and the environment. You can currently buy a print here: https://www.freedomxequaljustice.com/
100% of sales donated to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE, NATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION, ACLU, + NAHA

Press

In her first photo book, photographer Rachel Brennecke (aka Bon Jane) captures the prismatic quality of female vulnerability. At the heart of the book is an exploration of female vulnerability — as an adult, as a child, as an object, as a sexual being. The portraits convey a delicate sadness referencing the classic myth of the Hollywood fallen angel. - J.L. Sirisuk, i-D Magazine

Through her words and images you can feel boldness, sincerity and profoundness; and someone creating feelings and moments of escapism, beauty, thoughtfulness.  - Sigrun Guggenberger, Creator C-Heads Magazine

She uses young female characters and a super sharp lens to examine provocative themes of womanhood, objectification and vulnerability.
- Jackie Roman, American Photo