Lou Jones' eclectic career has evolved from commercial to the personal. It has spanned every format, film type, artistic movement and technological change. He maintains a studio in Boston, Massachusetts and has photographed for Fortune 500 corporations, international companies and local small businesses including Federal Express, Nike and the Barr Foundation; completed assignments for magazines and publishers all over the world such as Time/Life, National Geographic and Paris Match; initiated long term projects on the civilwars in Central America, death row, Olympics Games and pregnancy; and published multiple books.
Books by Lou Jones
Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row - Northeastern University Press, Boston, Massachusetts. 1996
Travel and Photography: Off the Charts Focal - Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA/Oxford, UK. 2006
Exiled Voices - Portals of Discovery New England College Press, Henniker, New Hampshire. 2008.
Speedlights and Speedlites: Creative Flash Photography at Lightspeed - Focal Press/Elsevier, Burlington, MA/Oxford, UK. 2009
Awards & Accomplishments
Nikon "Legends Behind the Lens"
Lowepro “Champion”
Travel Photographer of the Year 2009 - Finalist
Ehrmann Award from the Massachusetts Citizens against the Death Penalty
Professional Photographer Leadership Award 2000 from the International Photographic Council (United Nations)
Contact Award from the Boston Photography Collaborative
Past president of the New England chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)
Past member of the ASMP National Board of Directors
Charter member of the Advertising Photographers of America (APA)
Co-founder of CDIA (Center for Digital Imaging Arts), Boston, Massachusetts
Past Exhibitions
Lou Jones - panAfrica Newton, Massachusetts. Mt. Ida College March, 2017
Lou Jones - Dennis, Massachusetts. Cape Cod Museum of Art May, 2017
Lou Jones Descendants - Worcester, Massachusetts. Worcester Art Museum February, 2017
Lou Jones - Kansas City, Missouri. Digital Labrador June, 2010
redux ii - Boston, Massachusetts. Piano Factory January 19 – February 20, 2009
Lou Jones - Boston, Massachusetts. Mayor’s Gallery January 19 – February 20, 2009
Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row - Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech University April 2008
Every Color Has a Different Song - Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Pine Manor College Hess Gallery October 3 – October 24, 2007
Olympics - Waltham, Massachusetts. Center for Digital Imaging Art March 2006
Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row - Henniker, New Hampshire. New England College Gallery February 2006
Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row - Boston, Massachusetts. Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery October 19-December 23, 2005
It's How you Play the Game - Boston, Massachusetts. Kayafas Gallery July, 2005
Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row - Exeter, New Hampshire. Phillips Exeter Academy February 2005
Jazz Photographs Taken Over The Last Thirty Years - Windsor, Connecticut. Huntington House Museum February 6-March 28, 2004
Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row - Missoula, Montana. Gallery Saintonge January, 2004
Final Exposure - Boston, Massachusetts. Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Art March 30-June 29, 2003
Every Color Has a Different Song -Washington, DC. Gallery 20/20 August 2001
Lou Jones - Troy, New York. Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute October 30-December 1, 2000
Sojourner's Daughters - Boston, Massachusetts. Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists 1990
Contact Info
Contact information:
Lou Jones Studio
44 Breed Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Phone: 617-561-1194
Lou Jones
Studio Manager
loujonesstudio@aol.com
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