Jessie Wender is a senior photo editor at National Geographic Magazine where she commissions and researches photography for the magazine's short form features, including Visions, Photo Journal, and the Departments section. She was formerly a photo editor at The New Yorker, commissioning the magazine's portraiture, photography for the arts and culture features, and writing for the magazine’s Photo Booth blog. Prior to that, she worked in the photo departments of Esquire and Time Inc., and for the photo agency VII.