Kris Graves

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Kris Graves
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Education SUNY Purchase
Website krisgraves.com

Kris Graves (born 1982) is an American photographer who primarily works in portraiture and landscape photography. He is based in New York and London, and his work has been published and exhibited internationally. [1] Graves's photographs evoke the sense of time, change, and memories as well as address social issues to raise awareness. [2] Graves founded and directs Kris Graves Projects, a publisher of art books.

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Early life

Graves was born in 1982 in New York. He attended Purchase College, State University of New York, where he earned BFA in Visual Arts. [3]

Career

While working as a collections photographer at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Graves continued his photographic endeavors. [4] [5] He also started an art and photography publishing house, Kris Graves Projects, which has become a platform for collaboration between the publisher and its artists. [6] "On Death", published in 2019, was selected as "TIME'S Best Photobooks of 2019". [7]

Solo exhibitions

2-Person exhibitions

Group exhibitions

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  5. ↑ "What's Your Niche: Photographing Art for the Guggenheim Museum". PDN Online. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
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  12. ↑ Williams, Thomas Chatterton (29 September 2016). "A Photographer Visited the Scenes Where Police Killed 8 Black Americans. This Is What He Found". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
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