Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jessie Cohen

Photographer, Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian's National Zoo, worked for nearly 30 years patiently and sensitively photographing the animals while also managing the Zoo's photo collection which consists of thousands of images, from glass plate negatives to digital. #Groundbreaker

B&W portrait of woman holding camera, leaning against glass with gorilla face on the other side.

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