Bell Beecher Pitkin is a lesbian photographer, artist, and curator from Charlotte, North Carolina who lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. Within their practice, Bell works primarily with medium format film photography, exploring the intersections of identity, desire, and imagination.

Building upon the foundations laid by queer and lesbian artists and activists before them, Bell uses the camera as both an introspective tool and a means of outward projection. They are interested in the symbols of queerness: how they are created and how do we recognize them within ourselves and others? How can the camera be used to expand collective understanding of queerness? Bell works to engage with photography as an expansive and experimental medium, and as a way to bridge past, present, and future, while envisioning new possibilities for queer representation.

Their work has been exhibited at the Light Factory (Charlotte, NC), Fort Point Arts Community and Panopticon Gallery (Boston, MA), and Gallery 14BC (New York, NY), among others. Their work has been published in Sinister Wisdom, Femme Dyke Zine, the Eclectic Collective, Pentimento Magazine, and Neophyte Zine. Bell received their BA in Cinema and Media Studies with from Wellesley College in 2023.

Bell currently serves as the Gallery Manager for the Leica Boston Gallery and as a Curatorial Assistant & Board Member for Sinister Wisdom: A Multicultural Lesbian Literary and Arts Journal.