Jeffrey Jay Foxx
An ethnographic photographer of international repute, Foxx has journeyed around the world for educational publishers and development organizations like the United Nations and the InterAmerican Foundation. One of these assignments led Foxx to focus on the art of the Maya which he has pursued for the last 40 years. He has worked for National Geographic Society and LIFE Magazine, as well as producing three lavishly illustrated books with the prestigious publisher Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Publications
The Maya Textile Tradition
Published Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997
Angela Weaves a Dream: The Story of a Young Maya Artist
with Michélle Solá; Published Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1997
Chiapas Archive
Jeffrey Foxx’s Mexico photographs were donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota, where they now form part of the museum’s Chiapas Collection. This visual archive of a rich culture of weaving adds depth to the collection’s documentation of Chiapas Maya communities and traditions.
Turquoise Trail: Native American Jewelry and Culture of the Southwest
with Carol Karasik; Published Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993
Living Maya
with Walter F. Morris; Published Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987