Allyssa Yohana

Allyssa Yohana is an artist and photographer living in New York City, originally from NOLA. (New Orleans, Louisiana) Allyssa is on the staff at ROOKIE, a website encouraging female teen empowerment. She frequently contributes her incredibly intimate and personal photo stories in their magazine and on their website. Allyssa attends the School of Visual Arts.

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This work documents the intimacy with the photographer’s family and close friends. She explores her role as a sister, daughter, and friend through the lens of her camera and the images used to memorialize those relationships.

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For more of Allyssa’s work, see her contributions to ROOKIE, here.