Gary Kirksey

Gary Kirksey has more than 25 years of experience in the field of commercial photography and has had numerous clients over the years, including Proctor & Gamble, Longaberger Corporation, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Constitution, Miami University, Real Simple and the Cincinnati Reds. In New York City, he worked as a studio associate for Hashi Studio, a studio manager for Kan Photography. He also worked as a photographer for Lighthouse Productions in Cincinnati.

Kirksey’s photographs have been published in numerous books including Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers and publications such as Life magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. His work has been exhibited widely across the country and are included in more than 40 public, private and corporate collections in the United States including the Brown Forman Corporation, Louisville, KY; the African-American Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; and the Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, WV.

Kirksey is an associate professor in the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Miami University and a Master of Arts degree in Photography from Ohio University.