First Nations people, culture and events in New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James

fonds

2000-2021

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9679617

252 photographs - digital, TIFF, chiefly colour

Jamie James (1968- ) is an Australian documentary photographer who has been collaborating with First Nations communities since the early 1980s.

James specialises in telling stories of identity and belonging from the margins, and commercially freelances in the health, education and social justice sectors. James has been a regular contributor to the Koori Mail newspaper, covering many significant Indigenous events.

James' work has been exhibited and published internationally and in Australia. They have been selected as a finalist in the Olive Cotton Portrait Award 2023, Australian Life Photographic Prize 2018 and 2023, the National Portrait Gallery Photographic Prize 2007 and 2015, Moran Photographic Prize 2014 and a highly commended finalist for the Sydney Life Photographic Prize 2009.

James was co-producer, with photographer Roslyn Sharp, of the annual multimedia documentary event Cross Projections 2006-2013, and was invited to the judging panel for Head On International Photo Festival 2011-2015, and 2023.

References:
'Jamie James, About'. Jamie James Photographer. Accessed 12 April 2024. https://jamesphoto.com.au/
Library acquisition file

Series 01: Visit to Tanna Island, Vanuatu, by descendants from Tweed Heads, photographs by Jamie James
Series 02: Koori tattoos, photographs by Jamie James
Series 03: Turtle divers, New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James
Series 04: First Nations performers and the arts, New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James
Series 05: Gathering pipis, Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James
Series 06: Dennis Golding and Sean Bowman wedding, Museum of Contemporary Art, New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James
Series 07: Western Bundjalung People native title consent determination, Tabulam, New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James
Series 08: Yaegl People native title consent determination relating to the sea, Yamba, New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James
Series 09: The Bundjalung People of Byron Bay (Arakwal) Native Title Determination, Brunswick Heads, New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James
Series 10: Bandjalang People Native Title Consent Determination, Evans Head, New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Jamie James
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Jamie James

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are advised that this collection includes images of people who are deceased.