Jesse’s celebration of the mundane and often overlooked humorous moments in our day-to-day lives can be traced back to his midwestern upbringing in Springfield, Missouri. Now working between Los Angeles and the American Southwest, he continues his curious exploration of subtleties paired with his signature style of light and color.

His personal fine art works, editorial assignments, and advertising commissions are regularly celebrated in the Communication Arts Photography Annual, American Photography Annual, Luezer’s Archive, and Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 50 (Top International Fine Art Project). In 2011 he was named an Art Director’s Club Young Gun (Top International Emerging Creative), in 2012 a recipient of the Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward award (Top Emerging Fine Art Photographer in North America and U.K.), and in 2020 named a winning artist of the Klompching Gallery Fresh award and exhibition.

Rieser’s works have been exhibited internationally, a frequent guest University lecturer, and a 3-time judge and panelist for the One Club & Art Director’s club Young Gun’s program- identifying the top 30 creatives under 30 working around the world.