Maya Mercer is a French-American photographer, writer and video artist. Self-taught, Mercer calls herself a regionalist “photocinema” artist, and her work explores narrative worlds that capture her mostly teenage subjects in scenes from “life as a drive-in theatre.” She has exhibited in North America and Europe, including in “printing futures” at Kunsthaus Göttingen as part of documenta 15, 2022. Mercer’s performance YUBA Ring of Fire – The Parochial Segments was held at Night of the Year as part of Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles 2023. She lives and works in North Carolina.