Originally from the suburbs of Detroit, Kris Sanford currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She received her MFA in photography from Arizona State University, where she served as art editor for Hayden's Ferry Review and co-coordinated the collaborative Visual Text Project. She has been an active member of the Phoenix arts community for several years and was an artist member of the Kitchenette and Eye Lounge Contemporary Art Space. She currently teaches photography at Glendale Community College and Arizona State University. Her art explores intimate relationships, specifically queer desire, through the use of appropriated images and text.