Rachel Demy (b. 1982, San Diego, CA) is a documentary and fine art photographer based in Seattle, Washington. She received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Portland in 2004. For the following 15 years, she worked for a concert promoter, a booking agent, and finally settled as a tour manager for rock bands, where she honed her skills as a portrait and documentary music photographer. Demy completed her Certificate in Fine Art Photography from Photographic Center Northwest in 2022. Her first photography book, Between, Everywhere—documenting life on tour with Death Cab for Cutie—was released in December 2022 through Minor Matters, with a concurrent exhibition at Leica Bellevue.

Her photographs have been shown in Rolling Stone, The Fold, Portland Monthly, Willamette Week, NPR, Boing Boing, Talkhouse, and The Village Voice.

In her spare time, Demy enjoys long-distance running, travel, spelunking on Wikipedia, night walks, and taking down oysters by the dozen.

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