In the 1990s, she decided to follow a career as a photographer and artist. In 1995 she moved to Tokyo and in 1996 she started her photographic career.

In Tokyo, she first worked for Givenchy and Cartier. Her photographs were published in Japanese magazines such as Hi-Fashion, She, Marie-Claire, Spur, The Seine. For three months she has observed textile art in Japan, in Tokyo and Kyoto. She photographed and interviewed artisans throughout Japan.

In London, she networked with fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen. Their relationship is documented in the 2012 book Love Looks Not with the Eyes.

In 2001, she moved to Paris. In 2003 Ray began working for the Paris Opera, producing posters, rehearsal photos, portraits, for the programmes and the magazine of the Paris Opera, entitled "Line 8" and then "On stage". She created a series of portraits of the Paris Opera Dancers for an exhibition at the Palais Garnier: Double Jeu, exhibited from 2006 to 2008, then revised and expanded from 2009 to 2012.

For more than ten years, she has collaborated with different artists and with other institutions, including the Metropolitan Opera of New York since 2006 (for which she worked on the poster for The Tempest and in 2014 Le nozze di Figaro and Cavalliera Rusticana / Pagliacci ), the Munich Opera and the Salle Pleyel in Paris.

She was signed as a photographer for the DVDs of Giselle (Paris Opera), Siddharta (Paris Opera), La Didone de Cavalli, and The Firebird/The Rite of Spring directed by Paavo Jarvi. One of her portraits was used by Michael Nyman for his CD The Piano sings (II) in 2013.

Gelatin silver print on paper.

Hand signed Anne Deniau.

Personalized for Ashton Hawkins, American lawyer and board member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Inscriptions on reverse, as well a a stamp from Societe IMAGINOIR, Paris France.

Measures 8 7/8" x 6 3/4" image.

Sheet size 11" x 7 7/8".

Matted size 14 1/4" x 11".

Excellent condition.

Ann Ray's photographs very seldom come to market, don't miss this opportunity.