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. Radius Books published Frances' first monograph, Let Virtue Be Your Guide, in 2016. She is the recipient of a 2016 NYFA Fellowship in Photography, and has won numerous awards, including PDN’s 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch (2016), LensCulture Emerging Talent (2015), PDN’s 2015 The Curator (for Still Life), Magenta Foundation Flash Forward (2015), and Critical Mass 50 (2015). She holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. Frances lives in Brooklyn, NY where she balances her art practice and a career as an editorial and commercial photographer.
Frances is one-half of Dafne, a creative partnership with art director Catherine Duffy. Dafne produces campaigns and launches new brands, implementing a cohesive, all-in approach to create compelling visual stories. Find a selection of Dafne’s work at dafne.work
To purchase a copy of Let Virtue Be Your Guide, please click here. It can also be purchased elsewhere in person and online at Amazon.com.
Frances' editorial and commercial clients include:
The New Yorker
The New York Times
Architectural Digest
ELLE
Marie Claire
Art Review
Brygg Magazine
The Boston Globe
Into The Gloss
Catbird
Cherry Bombe
MM. LaFleur
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Eleven Madison Park
The Healthy Hour
Trunk Club
Logic & Grace
The NoMad Hotel
Olivia Wendel Textiles
A Public Space
A Women's Thing
Brite Lines Creative
Starz
ShopHouse Kitchen
StoneHill & Taylor
TOTEM
Frances' personal work has been featured by:
The New York Times
Women in the World
Art New England
T Magazine
Photo District News (PDN)
Fraction Magazine
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