Every Image Starts with a Story.

Let’s bring it to life.

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Banana-Nana Photography is a Portland-based creative photography studio led by photographer and creative director Jess Bohonik.


Known for bold, story-driven images, Banana-Nana combines art direction and photography to create unique portraits, pet photography, and brand imagery for people and businesses who want something unexpected. And, fun. 🍌

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Portrait Season is Open

From headshots to senior photos, let’s get you in front of the camera.

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Latest Stories

Bringing style and clarity to a legacy brand through art direction and photography.

Leatherman →
A shirtless man with a beard and light hair, wearing a yellow firefighter helmet, black socks, and briefs with a camouflage pattern, standing on a gray floor and holding a red fire extinguisher under his left arm, looking up at the camera.

How an underwear brand turned comfort into real confidence.

Bear Skn →
A woman with half of her face painted white and black, and the other half natural-looking, holding two breast massage devices over her chest, against a blue background.

How comedy and chaos became a portrait of postpartum and motherhood.

Anne Zander's Mother →
A person wearing blue medical gloves and a white coat holding a syringe with a red liquid, in a close-up shot.

How light and color reimagined modern beauty through the lens of science.

Aluma →

WRESTLE WITH LOVE

A Valentine’s Day Portrait Pop-up

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A camera's LCD screen displaying an ice cream sundae with whipped cream and a cherry on top, set on a wooden plate with a spoon nearby.
A woman with long blonde hair and a light-colored turtleneck is sitting in front of a blue curtain. She has a large leafy green vegetable in her left hand and is placing a leaf over her eyes like a mask. There are green vegetables on the table reflecting in the water.

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A towering structure resembling a stack of bread slices, peanut butter, and jelly, with a candle on top, set against a bright blue textured background.
A cluttered workspace with powdered donuts, a ube donut, milk in a glass decanter, torn paper, a blue glove, and a spray can, on a brown paper-covered surface and pegboard background.
Open oyster shells on a table, a mirrored surface reflecting the shells, a framed photograph of a woman, a pink lipstick, a decorative glass bottle, and some small white flowers.