Kwesi Abbensetts: Kwesi (b. Guyana, 1976) is a New York based Photographer/Visual Artist and 2016 NYFA Fellow who hails from South America off of the Corentyne coast of Guyana. Kwesi Abbensetts is a self taught visual artist, he started playing with the medium of photography in 2006, his work has since matured, shooting portraiture, fashion, art photography and experimental short films.