Geoffrey james photographer biography samples

Canadian photographer (born 1942)

Geoffrey James
Born	David Geoffrey Sedgwick James (1942-01-09)January 9, 1942 St. Asaph, Wales
Nationality	Canadian
Known for	photographer
Spouse(s)	Ellen Sulkis (m. Geoffrey James occupies a curious, pivotal role in Canadian photography. Geoffrey James occupies a curious, pivotal role in Canadian photography. Geoffrey James, one of Canada's pre-eminent photographers, has travelled the country confronting the many realities of Canadian life. An important Canadian photographer, Geoffrey James was born in Saint Asaph, Wales. This book is a must-have photographic portrait of Toronto, featuring exquisitely reproduced panoramic images from one of Canada's greatest photographers. Contemporary art photography was inextricably linked to burgeoning historical research and the desire to establish a history of self- conscious art practice –. 1966, separated in 1977); Jessica Bradley

Geoffrey JamesRCA LL. D. (born January 9, 1942)^[1] is a Canadian documentary photographer, who lives in Montreal and has been influenced lifelong by Eugene Atget.

Like Atget, he has been fascinated with the built environment. Early in his long career, James made panoramic landscapes. These black-and-white photographs illuminated his subjects, nature's spaces and the changes wrought by society on both its more idealized creations such as formal gardens and its darker side - the asbestos mining landscape.^[2] His aims were two-fold, both "Utopia" and "Dystopia".

(Utopia/Dystopia was the title of his book/catalogue and retrospective at the National Gallery of