Jeff Dunas (born October 23, 1954,

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) is an American

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

known for his portraits of musicians and entertainers. Founder and publisher of photography magazines, he is also the founder and director of the Palm Springs Photo Festival. He is the father of actress

Alexa Davalos Alexa Davalos Dunas (born May 28, 1982) is an American actress. Her early role as Gwen Raiden on the fourth season of the TV series ''Angel'' (2002–03) was followed by some Hollywood films, including ''The Chronicles of Riddick'' (2004), ''F ...

and has

Lithuanian-Jewish Lithuanian Jews or Litvaks () are Jews with roots in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (covering present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, the northeastern Suwałki and Białystok regions of Poland, as well as adjacent area ...

ancestry.

Photo books

*''State of the Blues'' (Aperture 1998) *''American Pictures'' (Konemann & Aperture 2002) *''Up Close & Personal'' (Merrell 2003)

References

External links

Jeff Dunas Official Homepage

Palm Springs Photo Festival
1954 births Living people American photographers American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent {{US-photographer-stub