About
Samone Zena Kidane (b. 1997, Pomona, CA) is a self-taught Los Angeles-based photographer and videographer whose work explores intersectional identities, love, and togetherness using analog film and photography. Kidane explores the complexities of identity through both real and imagined worlds. Along with making work as a visual artist through film and digital formats, Kidane also works to tell impactful and underrepresented stories as a producer and filmmaker, specializing in documentary and candid film and cinema. Aside from Photography, Kidane is also a co-founder of non profit organization Black Image Center, an org that aims to make photo and image making more accessible for young black creatives.