Rana Young (b.1983, Missouri) is an artist and educator based in Lincoln, Nebraska. Rana holds an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln where she was an Othmer Fellow and a BFA in Studio Art from Portland State University. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, as well as published online by Hyperallergic, LensCulture, British Journal of Photography, Strange Fire Collective, iGNANT, C41 Magazine, and Aint-Bad Magazine, among others. Through her photographs, she investigates such concepts as loss, intimacy, identity, and voyeurism. Rana co-founded PHOTO–EMPHASIS, an online platform for showcasing current and diverse photography made by established and emerging artists, with fellow artist Alec Kaus in June 2017.

Young frequently collaborates with Zora J Murff on projects. His work and some of their collaborative series can be discovered here: www.lensculture.com/zora-murff