Rachel Walther is originally from Arizona. She received her degree in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007. She has worked for the Whitney Museum of Art, Amoeba Music, Facets Multimedia, the Music Box Theater and Films, the Chicago History Museum, and the Academy Museum of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her photos and articles have been published by Vogue Italia, NPR, SFMOMA, Penguin Random House, Hamam magazine, California College of the Arts, the Film Noir Foundation, UC Press, and the San Francisco Weekly.
Her debut book, Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon, was released in March 2026 from Headpress, UK.
She has been an artist-in-residence at Proyecto 'Ace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Kala Art Institute in Berkeley.
For proofreading and editorial inquiries, please contact me at walther.rachelm@gmail.com. Previous work experience can be viewed on my LinkedIn profile. Current clients include SFMOMA, Princeton Architectural Press, the Hammer Museum, the Guggenheim, and the Film Noir Foundation.