About Kris Graves Projects

Kris Graves Projects is the publishing venture of American curator and photographer Kris Graves (b. 1982, New York City). Established to nurture and champion artist-driven narratives, the imprint specializes in fine art photography publications, focusing on portraiture, landscape, and socially engaged work. Graves founded KGP to offer a platform where artists can better define their vision and reach wider audiences.

Before launching the imprint, Graves earned his BFA in Visual Arts from SUNY Purchase. His early career included work as a collections photographer at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. As an artist, he quickly built a reputation with powerful photographic series that explore memory, identity, and social issues, most notably Discovered Missing (2010–2013), The Testament Project (2014–2020), and A Bleak Reality (2016), which addressed police violence and public spaces.

Graves’s work has been exhibited internationally, with solo shows at institutions such as Arcadia University (2024), Austin Central Library (2020), and the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado (2016). His portraits have been included in prestigious group exhibitions—including the Equal Justice Initiative commission for The Legacy of Lynching at the Brooklyn Museum (2017) ().

In 2019, Graves’s own photobook On Death was selected as one of TIME magazine’s Best Photobooks of the Year. Through KGP, he continues to elevate richly crafted photography books that challenge conventional narratives and support artistic freedom.