ABOUT JOHNNIE
Johnnie Ray Kornegay III (aka Jay Ray) is the Deputy Director for Strategy and Impact for CNP (Counter Narrative Project). In addition, he is co-host and producer of the podcast Queue Points, a visual podcast where he and his co-host, DJ Sir Daniel, inform and celebrate Black Music creatives through meaningful dialogue.
He is a photographer, creative consultant and social commentator whose work is centered around a commitment to telling full and honest stories about communities often ignored.
Johnnie’s work has been featured in WUSSY Magazine, Positively Aware Magazine, Dazed & Confused Magazine and the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Johnnie co-curated, I AM... - Arts, Activism and HIV (an exhibition at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights) and Canvas: Art, HIV, & The Black LGBTQ Community. He facilitated a discussion with American fine artist, Kia LaBeija at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and delivered a keynote address about the work of Marlon Riggs at Cinema Queer in Stockholm, Sweden.
In 2019, Johnnie executive produced his first documentary Outrun the Sky. His photographic works, Birth of a Black Gay King and NAKED, explore the topics of Black queer men and body image.
A member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Johnnie is the recipient of the 2017 Barbara Vick Impact Award for his artistic contributions in response to the impact of HIV in Atlanta. He currently resides in his hometown of Chester, PA.
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“Johnnie is what I like to call an Earth Angel: he listens deeply to your passion/desire of your vision and intuitively delivers.”
“[Johnnie] cannot be summed up. He listened to me. He made an effort to understand my art. He helped me to get my art out into the world. I am ever grateful. His work is impeccably charged with style, grace, and a socially conscious subtext that is always ringing loud and clear.”
“I love [Johnnie], his work ethic, and his genuine love for what he does. He turns the average person into an awesome model because he’s a professional.”
“The eye and ease which [Johnnie] uses to bring your unseen vision to life are nothing short of astounding! I even see myself differently now!”
Home page photography by Johnnie Ray Kornegay III unless otherwise indicated.