About James Ray Francis
Lived 1937 – 2006 (aged 68–69). James Ray Francis was a photographer.
James Ray Francis (1937 – 2006) was an American photographer. He was a founding member of the Kamoinge Workshop in New York.
Francis's work was included in the 2020 exhibition Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Francis's work was also included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art.
His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, and the National Gallery of Art.
In 2024 a retrospective of his work Waiting to Be Seen: Illuminating the Photographs of Ray Francis was held at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery.
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Who was James Ray Francis?
photographer (1937–2006)
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James Ray Francis was born in 1937.
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James Ray Francis died in 2006.
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James Ray Francis was a photographer.
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