James Whitlow Delano
Lot #034
An elderly woman shuffles through a city wiped off the face of the earth by the Japan Tsunam Rikuzen-Takata, Japan, 2011The sale of this prints support the production of the book Borderland/La Frontera.
The prints are produced from digital files on the highest quality Archival Fine Art Paper Matte or Baryta with signed by the photographer certificate of authenticity.
FotoEvidence Authentic Stamp on the verso.
An elderly woman shuffles through a city wiped off the face of the earth by the Japan Tsunam Rikuzen-Takata, Japan
This photograph is part of the book Black Tsunami: Japan 2011
Bio:
James Whitlow Delano has lived in Asia for over 20 years. His work has been awarded internationally: the Alfred Eisenstadt Award (from Columbia University and Life Magazine), Leica’s Oskar Barnack, Picture of the Year International, NPPA Best of Photojournalism, PDN and others for work from China, Japan, Afghanistan and Burma (Myanmar), etc.
His first monograph book, Empire: Impressions from China and work from Japan Mangaland and Selling Spring: Sex Workers Story have shown at several Leica Galleries in Europe. Empire was the first ever one-person show of photography at La Triennale di Milano Museum of Art. The Mercy Project / Inochi his charity photo book for hospice received the PX3 Gold Award and the Award of Excellence from Communication Arts.
His work has appeared in magazines and photo festivals on five continents from Visa Pour L’Image, Rencontres D’Arles; to Noorderlicht, including their “Sweet and Sour Story of Sugar” project. His new monograph book, Black Tsunami: Japan 2011 (FotoEvidence), documenting the Japan tsunami and nuclear crisis, was released in 2013. Delano is a grantee for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and received the 2014 Festival PhotoReporter in Saint-Brieuc, France grant for work documenting the destruction of equatorial rainforests and human rights violations of indigenous inhabitants living there.