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Lou Jones (photographer) is Boston-based photographer. He specializes in advertising and corporate photography.[1] His career ranges from photojournalism covering Central America warfare and humanitarian causes, to sports photography documenting 12 consecutive Olympics and jazz portraits including Miles Davis, Milt Jackson and Charles Mingus.[1]

Early life and education

Jones was born and raised in Washington, DC in 1945. His father, Leon Jones, worked for the USPS in information services. His mother, Landonia Jones, worked for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now split into US Secretary of Health and Human Services, and US Secretary of Education).[2] His only sibling, younger sister Leonade Jones, is a private investor and independent financial consultant in the Washington, DC area. She is the co-founder of VentureThink LLC and Versura, Inc., and former Treasurer of The Washington Post Company.

Jones graduated from Gonzaga High School and received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. After working for a summer with NASA as a rocket scientist he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute pursuing a graduate degree in Physics.

Career

In 1971 Jones embarked on his photography career.[1]

His commercial clients have included IBM, Major League Baseball, Federal Express, Peugeot, Museum of Fine Arts, Paris Match, KLM, National Geographic, People Magazine, Nike, Price Waterhouse, and Aetna.[3]

He photographed pivotal moments in history including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Million Man March, and twelve successive Olympic Games.[4] In the 1980s he accompanied U.S. congressmen to Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras on CODELs (COngressional DELegations) documenting government, military and rebel leaders.[5]

In 1990, the Museum of Afro-American History commissioned Jones to honor women with "Sojourner's Daughters," an exhibition highly recognized by the community. This project led Aetna to hire Jones to photograph their annual African American History calendars through 2011.[6]

Lou Jones was president of the New England chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers from 1982-1986.[1]

Galleries and collections

Jones' images have been exhibited in galleries throughout the world, such as the Smithsonian & Corcoran Galleries in Washington, DC, Polaroid Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, DeCordova Museum in Massachusetts, Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York City, Detroit Institute of Arts & Feuerwagner in Austria.[7] His photographs are in the collections of such institutions as the Fogg Museum (Harvard), Wellesley College, Middle Tennessee State University & University of Texas.

Awards and recognitions

In 2000 the International Photographic Council (United Nations) presented him with the Professional Photographers Leadership Award.[8] Jones is a Nikon "Legend Behind the Lens" and a Lowepro Champion.

Jones’s photography books

Jones published his first book in 1997, "Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row". For six years he documented men and women on death rows in the United States. It was republished in the fall of 2002. For this Jones received the Ehrmann Award from the Massachusetts Citizens against the Death Penalty.[9] His second book, "travel+PHOTOGRAPHY: off the charts", was published in 2006 and is now out of print. In collaboration with New England College Press, Jones interviewed and photographed 14 imprisoned writers for his book "Exiled Voices: Portals of Discovery". Jones’s newest book, titled "Speedlights & Speedlites: Creative Flash Photography at Lightspeed", was released in May 2009 and is in its second printing.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Tanenbaum, Barry. "Lou Jones, The Next Best Thing." Nikon World Spring 2007: 24-29. Cite error: The named reference "ReferenceA" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ http://www.nndb.com/gov/231/000050081/
  3. ^ Turner, Fred. “Hub's success illuminates local photographers." Boston Business Journal 7 September 1987: 4
  4. ^ Havlik, Dan. “Life on the Edge” studio photography & design May 2001: 18-20.
  5. ^ Miller, Alice B.. “War Stories: Lou Jones.” studio photograph & design December 2003: 31.
  6. ^ http://www.wgbh.org/basicblack/episodeDetail.cfm?featureid=8333&rssid=1
  7. ^ http://www.decordova.org/decordova/info/pressreleases/2002/cuba02.htm.
  8. ^ International Photographic Council http://www.ipc-un-ngo.org/awards.php. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ http://www.bhcc.mass.edu/PDFs/FoundationNewsletter.pdf


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