Photo of the Week #112
Harold Jones
Sun Suit, 1989
Masking tape on gelatin silver print
Park (Green), 1982
Spray paint on gelatin silver print
Nancy's Shoes, 1980
Spray paint on gelatin silver print
Frances Photographing in Sabino Canyon, 1979
Pen and ink on gelatin silver print
Fairlane, 1995 / 1996
Acrylic on gelatin silver print
Fourth of July, 1982 / 1983 / 2015
Pen and ink on gelatin silver print
Birds of a Feather, 1977 / 2020
Iridescent acrylic on gelatin silver print
Ireland / Forest, 1981
Pen and ink on gelatin silver print
Float / Dream, 1982
Spray paint and pen and ink on gelatin silver print
Painting, 1980 / 1982
Spray paint on gelatin silver print
Unicycle, 1982
Pen and ink on gelatin silver print
Band, 1993
Acrylic on gelatin silver print
Zzzzz, 1979 / 1980
Pen and ink on gelatin silver print
Irish Mystery, 1993
Pen and ink on gealtin silver print
Harold Jones has contributed to photography as an artist, educator, curator and arts administrator. Born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1940, he graduated from the Maryland Institute with a BFA in Painting and Photography, and from the University of New Mexico with an MFA in Art History and Photography. After graduation Jones worked as an assistant curator at the George Eastman House and in 1971 became the first director of LIGHT Gallery in New York City, the first gallery to exclusively represent contemporary photographers, such as Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer. In 1975 Jones became the founding director of the Center for Creative Photography and then went on to start the photography program at the University of Arizona where he taught for the next 30 years; he is professor emeritus and volunteer coordinator of the Voices of Photography oral history project at the Center. He is presently retired and living in Portland, Oregon with his wife of 53 years, Frances Murray.