Understanding culture through the lens: Kranitz’ exhibit ‘Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South’ showing at Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art

In 2015, Stacy Kranitz was named Instagram photographer of the year by Time magazine. She’s in high demand at domestic and international publications, from New York Times Magazine to Adbusters, Mother Jones, Intercept, Stern, Vice, Oxford American and others.

She earned a bachelor’s in photography and lm from New York University and a master’s in photography from University of California, Irvine.

Kranitz, 42, was born in Frankfort but was only here about nine months. Her father, Jerry Kranitz, managed a Big K store. The family owned a chain of stores sometimes referred to as Kuhn’s Variety Store. Her mother, Barbra Kranitz, was a preschool teacher.

She says her parents lived in Frankfort about a year and a half and they’re now retired, living in Delray Beach, Florida.

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