Jessica Hadley

Jessica Hadley

Jessica Hadley is a freelance documentary photographer and bear specialist working in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) and Northern California.  As a storyteller, her work focuses on human-wildlife interactions. She started working with bears as a wildlife technician for the Yosemite Bear Management program in 2014 and has spent the last decade working with wildlife in California and across the GYE.  Working in National Parks inspired her to turn her lens towards human-animal relationships. A majority of her work as a wildlife professional for the federal government has been focused on bears.  You can download Jessica's resume here.

Awards & Publications

In 2017 Jessica was one of 12 students to receive the North American Nature Photography Association College Scholarship. Jessica is a 2023 - 2024 & 2024 - 2025  Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Mentorship recipient and a 2024 Girls Who Click Ambassador.

Jessica has published images in High Country News, National Wildlife Magazine, Ranger Rick Magazine, Photo Vogue, the Yellowstone Bear Project Annual Report, Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Investigations Annual Report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team Research and Monitoring Summary, and the International Bear News.