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,Alfred Eisenstadt Award 2000 winner and runners-up Columbia University News April 6, 2000 from Picture of the Year International,POYI 68 Winners, general division and freelance/agency stories (Sunday, Feb. 13), Science/Natural History Picture Story Picture of the Year International National Press Photographers Association (N.P.P.A.),Best Published Picture Story The best of photo journalism 2008 Leica’s Oskar Barnack award (honorable mention),"Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2006", in "Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2007" (PDF), Leica Camera; archived by the Wayback Machine on August 15, 2011. PX3 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris),Exhibition Winners of Px3's Aftermath Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) Photo District News, American Photography,James Whitlow Delano, Gallery American Illustration & American Photography Communication ArtsDelano, James Whitlow, List of winners Communication Arts and others. His photographs have shown in galleries and museums on five continents and are held in the permanent collections of La Triennale Museum of Art,IMPERO-Impressioni dalla Cina La Triennale Museum of Art and the Museo Fotografia Contemporanea both in Milan (Italy) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
His book project, The Mercy Project / Inochi, Madosha (Japanese) 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).FotoEvidence Documenting Social Injustice
He is a co-founder of the Tokyo Documentary Photography Workshop (T.D.P.W.).Tokyo Documentary Photography Workshop (T.D.P.W.)
In 2016, he founded EverydayClimateChange on Instagram bringing together photographers on six continents documenting the climate crisis on seven continents.Instagram
In 2021, Delano founded EverydayClimateChange Interviews on YouTube to document the stories of photographers witnessing the climate crisis.EverydayClimateChange Interviews
Photo books Empire: Impression from ChinaTime magazine article Times (monograph / Five Continents Editions, Milan 2004) I Viaggi di Tiziano TerzaniFotografie di James Whitlow Delano, presentazione di Angela Terzani Staude Vallardi (Italian) (monograph / Vallardi Editions, Milan 2008) The Mercy Project / Inochi (Creator, Curator / Madosha, Tokyo 2010) Black Tsunami/ Japan 2011 (FotoEvidence, NY 2013), (Fotoevidence, NY 2013)
References
External links James Whitlow Delano's official site James Whitlow Delano / Photoshelter The Mercy Project / Inochi At What Cost? Project Tokyo Documentary Photography Workshop. (T.D.P.W.) Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Picture of the Year International National Press Photographers Association New York Times Lens Blog New York Times Lens Blog 3/11 Tsunami Project/Kodansha Vanity Fair Italia Russian Reporter Magazine Burn Magazine
RVM Magazine Newsweek Mother Jones Magazine Time Magazine 100eyes Photographer Digital Journalist The Asian Review of Books Raw Take Delano family