This document summarizes the Photo-Fries rearrangement reaction and its mechanisms. The Photo-Fries rearrangement involves the intramolecular rearrangement of phenolic esters to hydroxy aryl ketones upon exposure to UV light without a catalyst. The reaction proceeds via the dissociation of the substrate into phenoxy and acyl radicals, which then recombine within the solvent cage to form intermediates that aromatize to produce the product. Photo-Fries rearrangements of anilides follow the same mechanism, with the only difference being the replacement of the bridging oxygen with nitrogen.