James Whitlow Delano

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James Whitlow Delano (born 1960) is an American reportage photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. He has published several books of photography and is known for black and white long-term projects based on human rights, the environment and culture. Delano's work, mainly from Asia and Latin America, has received many honors internationally including the Alfred Eisenstadt Award, [1] from Picture of the Year International, [2] National Press Photographers Association (N.P.P.A.), [3] Leica’s Oskar Barnack award (honorable mention), [4] PX3 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris), [5] Photo District News, American Photography, [6] Communication Arts [7] and others. His photographs have shown in galleries and museums on five continents[ citation needed ] and are held in the permanent collections of La Triennale Museum of Art, [8] and the Museo Fotografia Contemporanea [9] both in Milan (Italy) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. [10] [11]

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His book project, The Mercy Project / Inochi, [12] which he created and curated was released in 2010 to help raise funds and awareness for hospice and palliative care in memory of his sister, Jeanne Louise Delano. He published, Black Tsunami/Japan 2011 (FotoEvidence, NY 2013), </ref>FotoEvidence | Documenting Social Injustice.

He is a co-founder of the Tokyo Documentary Photography Workshop (T.D.P.W.). [13]

In 2016, he founded EverydayClimateChange on Instagram bringing together photographers on six continents documenting the climate crisis on seven continents.</ref>Instagram

In 2021, Delano founded EverydayClimateChange Interviews on YouTube to document the stories of photographers witnessing the climate crisis.</ref>EverydayClimateChange Interviews

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  1. ↑ Alfred Eisenstadt Award 2000 winner and runners-up Columbia University News April 6, 2000
  2. ↑ POYI 68 Winners, general division and freelance/agency stories (Sunday, Feb. 13), Science/Natural History Picture Story Picture of the Year International
  3. ↑ Best Published Picture Story Archived June 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine The best of photo journalism 2008
  4. ↑ "Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2006", in "Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2007" (PDF), Leica Camera; archived by the Wayback Machine on August 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ Exhibition Winners of Px3's Aftermath Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3)
  6. ↑ James Whitlow Delano,Gallery Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine American Illustration & American Photography
  7. ↑ Delano, James Whitlow, List of winners Archived June 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Communication Arts
  8. ↑ IMPERO-Impressioni dalla Cina La Triennale Museum of Art
  9. ↑ "mufoco.org | Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea".
  10. ↑ "Fishermen Dragging Pirogue, Cote d'lvoire". The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Squatter children peeking into Window, Smoky Mountain, Manila, Philippines". The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  12. 1 2 Madosha (Japanese)[ not specific enough to verify ]
  13. ↑ Tokyo Documentary Photography Workshop (T.D.P.W.)
  14. ↑ Time magazine article Times
  15. ↑ Fotografie di James Whitlow Delano, presentazione di Angela Terzani Staude Vallardi (Italian)
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