"To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt."
- Susan Sontag
"To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt."
- Susan Sontag
Lee Jones is an educator of visual media. His fine art photography work deals with themes of historical and cultural perceptions of the photographic medium. Originally from Bristol, Va, Jones earned his Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Carson-Newman University. While pursing an advanced degree from Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Jones assisted and worked professionally in commercial, architectural, and editorial photography including an internship in the imaging department at the Turner Broadcasting company. After earning his Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design, he returned home to continue his career in Bristol, TN. One of his pieces was recently selected for publication in the Anthology of Appalachian Photography by Sapling Grove Press.
MFA in Photography - Savannah College of Art and Design, 2010
BA in Mass Communication - Carson-Newman University, 2006
Exhibitions
2017, Roman Susan Art Foundation Gallery, Streetlight , Chicago, IL, Exhibition
2017, Roman Susan Art Foundation Gallery, Streetlight II, Chicago, IL, Exhibition
2017, Бартcелона Gallery, More Than One . . . At Least Double , Belgrade, Serbia, Publication and Exhibition