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 is the author of two books, Let Virtue Be Your Guide (Radius Books, 2016) and Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2020). 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. 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 is currently on view at The Peabody Essex Museum (September 2021-March 2022) as a part of the exhibition The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming.
Meg Thompson of Thompson Literary is Frances' literary agent.
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