Fred Cray

Cray was born in Evanston, Illinois and is a graduate of The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut.{{cite book|last1=Cray|first1=Fred|last2=Grundberg|first2=Andy|last3=Cooley|first3=Martha|title=Fred Cray: Self-Portraits|date=1999|publisher=Tremaine Gallery|location=Lakeville, CT}} He earned a B.A. degree from Middlebury College in 1979, attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and did graduate studies in painting at the Yale School of Art.{{cite web|title=Fred Cray: CV|url=http://fredcray.com/new-page/|website=Fred Cray|accessdate=19 October 2016}}

In 2003 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship{{cite web|title=Fred Cray|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/fred-cray/|website=Fellows|publisher=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation|accessdate=9 May 2016}} and shortly thereafter received a Pollock–Krasner award. In 2008 he was awarded a Peter S. Reed Foundation grant.

Cray's "two-minute portraits" are large-scale self-portraits, inquiring into the persistence of the photographic image. His series of unique collage prints, "travel diaries", are narrative/impressionist tours of the world and his mind.{{cite web |url=http://www.revelinnewyork.com/fred|title=Short film: Fred Cray|website=Revel In New York}}

Since starting his ongoing Unique Photographs project in 2008, he has scattered more than 26,000 one-of-a-kind photographs across various locations worldwide, often placed discreetly yet sometimes in plain sight for people to discover. Many of these placements are documented on the Instagram feed associated with the project. Several books have been published in connection with the Unique Photographs project, such as Unique Photographs, Changing The Guard, Conversations, and Cray Cray. Furthermore, additional unique photographs are created specifically for these book projects and exhibitions.

Since 2008, Cray has left or hidden over 26,000 unique photographs in New York, the United States and different parts of the world including Europe, Asia, Australia and South Africa.{{cite news|last=Jassan |first=Alejandro |date=April 29, 2014 |title=A Photographic Treasure Hunt With Fred Cray |url=http://thewildmagazine.com/blog/a-photographic-treasure-hunt-with-fred-cray/|newspaper=The Wild Magazine|location=United States|access-date=May 9, 2006}}{{Cite web|url=https://collectordaily.com/fred-cray-unique-photographs-janet-borden/|title=Fred Cray, Unique Photographs @Janet Borden - Collector Daily|last=Knoblauch|first=Loring|date=2014-01-21|website=Collector Daily|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-09}} review Fred Cray-Unique Photographs/Photobookstore Magazine 1 November 2013

Cray is represented by Janet Borden Inc.{{cite web|url=http://janetbordeninc.com/|title=Janet Borden, Inc.|author=|date=|work=janetbordeninc.com|accessdate=May 9, 2016}}

• {{Cite book| edition = First| publisher = Tremaine Gallery of Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut| last = Cray| first = Fred; Grundberg, Andy & Cooley, Martha (Contributors)| title = Fred Cray: Self-portraits: The Tremaine Gallery Exhibition Catalog| date = 1999}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = Hotchkiss School and Janet Borden, Incorporated| title = Fred Cray: May 3 - June 18, Tremaine Gallery, The Hotchkiss School| date = 1999}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = Sixty-four Books| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Self| location = [New York?]| date = 2009}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = 64 Books| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Uniforms| date = 2009}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = 64 Books| isbn = 978-0-9842387-0-5| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Words| date = 2009}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = 64 Books| isbn = 978-0-9842387-5-0| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Berlin| date = 2010}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = 64 Books| isbn = 978-0-9842387-3-6| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Movies| date = 2010}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = 64 Books| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Red| date = 2010}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = 64 Books| isbn = 978-0-9842387-9-8| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Devices| date = 2011}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = 64 Books| isbn = 978-0-9842387-6-7| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Porn| date = 2011}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = 64 Books| isbn = 978-0-9842387-7-4| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Rome| date = 2011}}
• {{Cite book| isbn = 978-1-61704-201-0| title = Unique photographs| date = 2013| publisher = Fred Cray}}
• {{Cite book| isbn = 978-1-61704-202-7| title = Changing the guard| date = 2014| publisher = Fred Cray}}
• {{Cite book| isbn = 978-1-61704-203-4| title = Conversations| date = 2014| publisher = Fred Cray}}
• {{Cite book| isbn = 978-1-61704-210-2| title = Cray Cray| date = 2015| publisher = Fred Cray}}
• {{Cite book| edition = 1st| publisher = 64| isbn = 978-1-61704-210-2| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Cray Cray| date = 2015}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = 64 Books| isbn = 978-1-61704-209-6| last = Cray| first = Fred| title = Silhouettes| date = 2016}}

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• [http://www.revelinnewyork.com/fred Fred on Revel in New York]
• [https://instagram.com/fredcrayuniquephotographs/ Instagram]
• [http://janetbordeninc.com/artists/fred-cray/ Janet Borden Inc]

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Category:1957 births

Category:American photographers

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