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Wilf James Photographer :
Over the past three decades, WILF JAMES has gathered a wealth of experience by doing what he does best: taking photographs.
Wilf became involved in photography while working as a clerk in a
camera shop in the 1970's in Perth, a small town in his native
Scotland, where what began as a routine job turned into a lifelong
passion.  Wilf James - Cool Dude Photographer
In 1975, a friend took him to a lecture and slide show in London
given by landscape photography icon Ansel Adams, whose photographs and
lecture made a life-changing impression.
By 1985 Wilf was shooting and selling photographs as a
professional freelancer. Some of his earliest commissions included
producing thousands of photographs for the Brighton Tourist Board in
Southern England, whose varied assignments included everything from
photographing stage productions, political rallies, interiors and
exteriors of hotels, to politicians, actors, rock stars, comedians and
all aspects of life in the bustling seaside town.
In the early 1990's, deciding to realize a dream, he packed his camera
and set off on a journey that took him to North America, Fiji, New
Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
In the early 1990's, deciding to realize a dream, he packed his camera
and set off on a journey that took him to North America, Fiji, New
Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
"The experience of undertaking such a voyage will never leave me," says
Wilf, noting that the quality of his work increased enormously.
"No longer did I have to look at the work of other photographers
working in exotic locations. I now had photographs of my own."
Upon his return to Great Britain, he first settled in his native
Scotland, but shortly after, moved to Paris. Since then, he has
photographed in France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, the USA
and India.
Wilf's work is syndicated worldwide by the prestigious Getty Images
Agency. To date, his images have appeared in more than fifty countries;
in magazines, books, on book and CD covers, calendars, in editorial and
advertising. His riveting portraits and signature imagery have been
shown in exhibits all over Europe, and his reputation is beginning to
expand in North America. Most recently, he has shown at the "Visa Pour
L'Image" at the International Festival of Photojournalism, the largest
gathering of photojournalists in the world held annually in Perpignan,
in the South of France.
Wilf now lives with his lovely wife Ghislaine in the beautiful
Mediterranean village of Peyriac-de-Mer in Southwest France near the
frontier with Spain.
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