Born in Houston, Texas, Pam Francis (1954-2020) has captured some of the most indelible magazine images in the past three decades – for Texas Monthly, People, Time, Sports Illustrated, and others. Many of these photos - of George W. Bush, Bob McNair, J.J. Watt, Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio, Luc Longley, Jerry Jones, Dat Nguyen, Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Carl Lewis, George Foreman, Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Tilman Fertitta, Mark Cuban, and Drayton McClane – are featured in the exhibition Game Time: Pam Francis Photographs. Dedicated to athletes, coaches, and owners – this exhibition showcases for the first time Francis’s powerful portraits from the early 1990s to 2000s.
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Pam Francis is considered one of the top editorial and portrait photographers in Houston.
Francis’s ability to execute images that expose the personality and private side of her sitters have led to her wide acclaim. Her photographs are seen by many as powerful images that embody a bold and an American view on contemporary life and pop culture. Francis is a people photographer, she captured and made timeless something about the person.
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Christine Starkman, Curator of Contemporary Art, POST Houston
