John Ranard

John Ranard (February 7, 1952 – May 14, 2008) was a social documentary photographer who won critical acclaim for his gritty, multi-layered photographs of Louisville, Kentucky's social classes, the world of boxing, Russia during the period of perestroika, AIDS in Russia and Russian prison life.

Early life Ranard was the son of a foreign service diplomat, Donald L. Ranard, who, during and after government service, became active in human rights. The Brooklyn Museum The Andrei Sakharov Museum, Moscow Soros Open Society Foundation Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden

Publications

Publications by Ranard Oates, Joyce Carol and John Ranard. On Boxing. New York: Doubleday, 1987. . New York: Ecco, 1994. New York: HarperCollins, 2006. . Ranard, John. Forty Pounds of Salt: a Travelogue Through the Environs of Moscow. New York: Fly by Night, 1995. . English text with Russian subtitles. Ranard, John and Dave Burrows. The Fire Within. Moscow: Médecins Sans Frontières (Holland) & AIDS Foundation East-West, 2001. . Russian and English text. Ranard, John. A Full Life. Moscow: Médecins Sans Frontières (Holland) & AIDS Foundation East-West, 2001. John Ranard: Social Documentary Photography, Russia and Newly Independent States. Louisville: University of Louisville, 2001. . Text and photographs by Ranard. Ranard, John, Anne-Lore Kuryszczuk and Aleksandr Glyadyelov. Positive Lives. Ukraine: Médecins Sans Frontières, AIDS Foundation East-West, and Center for Contemporary Art, 2001. .

Publications with contributions by Ranard The Best in Photojournalism 1997: The Year in Pictures. (Anthology). Durham, NC: National Press Photographers Association, 1998. Pandemic: Facing AIDS. New York: Umbrage Editions and Moxie Firecracker Films, 2003. With essays by Kofi Annan, Nadine Gordimer, Rory Kennedy, Nan Richardson and Jeffrey Sachs. Hardcover . An anthology.

Video contributions Sex, Needles and Roubles (2005). Produced by Chloe Mercier and Laika Pictures. Directed by Chloe Mercier. Distributed by Journeyman Pictures. Still photography by Ranard. HIV Shoots Up (2010). Directed by Martin Feeth. Produced by British Medical Journal Publishing. With 7 photographs by Ranard. The AFEW Story (2011). Produced by AIDS Foundation East-West. With 7 photographs by Ranard.

Exhibitions

1988–2005 University of Louisville Photo Archives, KY. On Boxing. 1988 (solo) A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, New York. Forty Pounds of Salt. 1995 (solo) Alfred Loewenhutz Gallery, The Camera Club of New York, New York. Moscow/Chechnya. 1996 (solo) Oude Kerk (old church), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Photography and HIV/AIDS. 30 November – 9 December 2001. Ranard and Bertien van Manen Allan R. Hite Art Institute, Louisville, KY. Social Documentary Photography from Russia. 12 January – 9 February 2001 (solo) Moscow Center for Prison Reform, Moscow. Man and Prison. 2000–2005 (traveling) Center for Contemporary Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2001; International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2002; Museum of Arts Lviv, Ukraine, 2002; Museum of Arts Odesa, Ukraine, 2002.Positive Lives. Ranard, Kuryszczuk, and Glyadyelov (traveling) A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, New York. John Ranard and Chin Chih Yang. 2005. (Collaboration) New York Public Library, Tompkins Square Branch. 14 Below. 13 July – 24 August 2005. (group, curated by Ranard) Hite Art Institute's Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY, 2009; Open Society Institute Offices, New York, March 2010 – 2011. The Brutal Aesthetic (exhibition), Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY, September 23 – November 30, 2011. Famous Faces: Picturing Celebrity in the Photographic Archives (exhibition), Archives and Special Collections, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, KY, June 13 – September 27, 2013. (group) Kentucky Captured:Photographs Inspired by the Bluegrass State (exhibition), Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, 12 March – 17 July 2016.