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Kriston Jae Bethel

Kriston Jae Bethel is a Philadelphia-based editorial and documentary photographer, featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and NPR, with commissions by various brands and nonprofits.

The Time Is Always Now

Election Night in Philadelphia: Voters Decide on Judges, DA

Photojournalist Kriston Jae Bethel documents the 2025 general election that would determine who sits on Pennsylvania's highest court and the city's top prosecutor—through the quiet determination at polls, the methodical work of counters, the anticipatory wait for results.