~ Professional Photography Since 1992 ~

“I am so fortunate to be able to make a living doing something I love.”

“I literally eat, sleep and breathe photography – every day of my life.”

Gillian Jones has been the chief photographer of the North Adams Transcript, a daily newspaper, since 1992. She shot her first wedding the same year and has been teaching photography courses at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts since 2001.

She picked up a camera and started recording the world around her at the age of 10 when she received her first camera as a birthday present from her father.

In addition to her daily photographs in the North Adams Transcript, she has also had her work published in several local newspapers including the Berkshire Eagle, The Advocate, The Bennington Banner, Boston Phoenix as well as nationally through the Associated Press, The Globe and Yankee Magazine.

She enjoys traveling and has been abroad visiting France, Italy, Spain, Morocco and Mexico, through her association with the college.

Her work has been exhibited throughout Berkshire County, including the MCLA Gallery 51, the Heritage State Park Gallery, the Adams Town Hall Gallery, North Adams Regional Hospital, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, various local restaurants and other area businesses.

She was born in Queens, NY in 1969. She grew up on Long Island before moving to the Berkshires with her family in 1982. She graduated from Mount Greylock Regional High School in Williamstown in 1987. Studying English Communications with a concentration in Journalism and a minor in Philosophy, she graduated from North Adams State College, now the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 1991. She resides in North Adams with her two dogs, Madison and Dante.