Home • Celebrity Star Portraits From Last Year's #EssenceFest Photo Booth Every year, we set up a photo booth and invite all of our favorite celebs attending the ESSENCE Festival to stop by and pose for a portrait. Check out who blessed our booth last year! By Essence · Updated October 27, 2020 01 Nicole Beharie Nicole Beharie poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 02 Naturi Naughton Naturi Naughton poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 03 Michelle Williams Michelle Williams poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 04 Melissa Harris-Perry Melissa Harris-Perry poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 05 Regina Hall Regina Hall poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 06 Bishop T.D. Jakes Bishop T.D. Jakes poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 07 Al Sharpton Al Sharpton poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 08 Donnie McClurkin Donnie McClurkin poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 09 Wendy Raquel Robinson Wendy Raquel Robinson poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 10 Tomiko Fraser Tomiko Fraser poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 11 Latice Crawford Latice Crawford poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 12 Common Common poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 13 Lisa Nichols Lisa Nichols poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 14 Kathy Sledge Kathy Sledge of the group Sister Sledge poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 15 Rowland Martin Rowland Martin poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 16 Cupid Cupid poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 17 Kourtney Hart Kourtney Hart poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 18 Sherri Sheperd Sherri Sheperd poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 19 Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 20 Van Jones Van Jones poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe 21 Ja Rule Ja Rule poses for a portrait at the 2014 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Michael Rowe