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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[ 2.7.2026 ]

VALENTINE’S DAY PHOTO POP-UP

It’s Time for a Throw Down, with Cupid

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Profits go to PIRC supporting immigrant rights

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A woman with dark hair and light skin standing next to a decorated Christmas tree, colorfully lit with red and silver ornaments, in front of green curtains.

A UNIQUE POP-UP PHOTO EXPERIENCE

Santa’s After Hours

For one day in Portland, you got to step into Santa’s living room, right after he finished delivering toys around the world.

See how we photobomb our way in.

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Latest Stories

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 →

A woman with purple hair and bright red lipstick lying on a red surface, wearing a purple top, with a mirrored effect.

We Work Across

Brand Shoots, Portaits, Campaign Concepts, Creative Consulting, and More.

— No job is too small, seriously...

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.

Experience Strange Worlds

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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.