About the Artist

Earnest “Ray” Bolton Jr is a native of San Francisco, California with roots anchored in the deep south of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He wrote his first poem in college with a desire to paint pictures with words. That desire was further fueled by an interest in photography, which allowed him to examine his unsettling social environment through the lens of his own diversity and his fascination with translating the imagery within. In 2010, he began joining the passion of his words with the expression of his images in a symbiotic union of poetry and photography that has become his essential style. His unique infusion of language and imagery speaks gently to heart, and takes hold of the soul.