2025 Program Guide | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

26 CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 2025 R.R. JONES Ron Jones was born in Houston, Texas, in 1949, and moved to Santa Cruz in 1986, where he continues to make his living as a photographer. Jones has works in permanent collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Denver Museum of Art; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Center for Visual Art at Stanford University; University of California, Santa Cruz Special Collections; and the Center for Photographic Art at Santa Clara University. In 2001 Jones was the recipient of a Gail Rich Award, and in 2005 was the subject of a one-man show at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Staff photographer for Kuumbwa Jazz Center since the early 1990s, Jones published a photography book honoring their 40th anniversary. A brilliant fine arts photographer, Jones’ portraits across Indonesia, Thailand, and Mexico have distinguished him as a Santa Cruz treasure. For over 25 years, Jones has been the Cabrillo Festival’s primary photo documentarian and serves as our Photographer-in-Residence. When you see a big guy behind a camera, thank him, just don’t get in his frame. PHOTOGRAPHER-IN-RESIDENCE 2415 MI SS ION ST. SANTA CRUZ , CA 831 - 423 - 9010 UPPERCRUSTSC . COM