Frances F. Denny (b. 1984) is an artist and photographer whose work investigates female identities. Her work is represented by ClampArt in New York City. Frances’ first monograph, Let Virtue Be Your Guide, was published in 2016 by Radius Books. Her second book, Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America, was released in 2020 by Andrews McMeel Publishing. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts 2016 Fellowship in Photography, and has won numerous awards, including PDN’s 30, LensCulture Emerging Talent, Magenta Flash Forward, and Critical Mass. She received an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Frances lives in New York where she balances her art practice and work as an editorial and commercial photographer.
Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America was published November 2020 (Andrews McMeel Publishing). Frances' first solo museum show (of the same series) runs January-April 17th, 2021 at The Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona, FL. To view an interactive virtual tour of the exhibition, please click here.
Frances is one-half of Dafne, a creative partnership with art director Catherine Duffy. Dafne produces visual stories for new and existing brands. Find a selection of Dafne’s work at dafne.work
Select editorial and commercial clients:
The New Yorker
The New York Times
Architectural Digest
ELLE
Harper's BAZAAR
Marie Claire
Art Review
Brygg Magazine
The Boston Globe
Into The Gloss
Cherry Bombe
Of A Kind
Catbird
MM. LaFleur
Erica Weiner
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Eleven Madison Park
Ipsa Provisions
Trunk Club
Logic & Grace
The NoMad Hotel
Olivia Wendel Textiles
A Public Space
A Women's Thing
Starz
Otem
Frances' personal work has appeared in:
The New York Times
The New Yorker
T Magazine
Vanity Fair
British Vogue
Artsy
VICE/Broadly
ELLE.com
Women in the World
CNN.com
Art New England
The Daily Mail
Photo District News (PDN)
Fraction Magazine
Feature Shoot
Humble Arts Foundation
Dazed Digital
Downtown Magazine
Flak Photo
Fotografia
What Will You Remember?
F-Stop
Lenscratch
Collectif Blanc
Landscape Stories
Aint-Bad Magazine
Olympia Monthly
A Women's Thing
Lightleaked
Tonelit
ISO