THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTFOLIOS OF ALEXANDER JAMES, LONDON - WORK PRACTICE & SYNOPSIS

I am a commercial advertising and fine art photographer working for clients like The Microsoft Corporation, Samsung, Peugeot, Hewlett Packard, Shangri-La Hotels, Versace, Baleciaga, Chanel and Ermenegildo Zegna.

Here you can view my commercial portfolio along with collections from personal bodies of work.

All of my personal works without exception are always presented 'as shot' without cropping or post production of any kind. I see the process as cathartic rather than a critical one, and this dedication to ‘in-camera’ purity establishes a predominant focal point for my practice. With them I attempt to present the beguiling beauty of our everyday confinements, re-proposing the ordinary, displaced and the overlooked.

This allows the images to flow and connect to each other with a sense of grace and simplicity. Rather than appearing precious and overly concerned with aesthetics, the images more evidently describe a life and eye made behind the camera.

With many of the images, subjects appear floating in a black space that neither interferes nor disrupts the subject matter. In fact the collaboration within this void offers a serene and dreamlike sensation with images broken into positive and negative spaces. Images that do suggest cultural and social issues do so in a way that is not forceful or aggressive, but more open to you, the viewers own interpretation.

DISTIL ENNUI . definition :- to extract the essence and beauty of life to appease world weariness.