Denise Stephanie Hewitt
Denise Stephanie Hewitt is a Caribbean, Brooklyn-born photographer and imagemaker. Through a high-school program at Red Hook Labs Photography Studio, she began her career photographing an editorial for the inaugural edition of More or Less Magazine, the March 2020 Marie Claire Magazine Cover, and a Barneys New York 2018 campaign about her maternal grandmother's immigrant story.
Hewitt's photographic works live at the intersection of fashion, editorial, and documentary, with a primary focus of building an archive of black life, artistry, and autonomy through visual culture. Hewitt is a returning Vogue.com contributor, photographing Met Gala coverage for Sha'Carri Richardson and Simone Biles during the 2021 season. Her portraits have graced Essence Magazine, Cultured Magazine, the Converse Soho Flagship, Headline Gallery, the Apollo Theatre, Photoville, and the streets of New York and Times Square.
Hewitt is currently a rising senior at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts studying Photography and Imaging, with a minor in the Business of Entertainment and Media Technology. During her time, she has served on the Tisch Black Student Council as a Photography Department Representative, spearheading new programming to engage students in the arts industry and build a cross-school community. Her leadership across academia and creative fields landed her in Essence Magazine's debut list of 10 Creators Under 30 working to deepen the impact of Black cultural production.