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About Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones is the Stanton B. and Nancy W. Kaplan Curator of Photography and Media Arts at The Ringling Museum of Art and holds a faculty position at Florida State University. His 2022 exhibition Metadata: Rethinking Photography in the 21^st Century and accompanying catalog, explored artists approaching photography as an expanded practice in our era of AI and surveillance. Other recent curatorial projects include Territories: Photography, Space, and Power (2017); Hank Willis Thomas: Branded/Unbranded (2017); Coco Fusco: Twilight (2018); Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Specters and Parables (2019); Working Conditions (2023); Jess T. Dugan: I want you to know my story (2024); and Sandy Rodriguez: Currents of Resistance (2025). His most recent publication, “Phantom Evidence: Spirit Photography from the Nineteenth Century to the Present,” appears in the 2024 exhibition catalogue Conjuring the Spirit: Art, Magic, and Mediums (Peabody Essex Museum). Prior to his role at The Ringling, Jones was Assistant Curator of Prints and Photographs at the University of New Mexico Art Museum. He holds an M.A. in Art History from the University of New Mexico and has taught widely on art history, curatorial studies, and the history of photography.