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James Whitlow Delano is an American reportage photographer based in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. He has published several books of photography and is known for black and white long term projects based on human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...

, the environment
Natural environment
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....

 and culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...

. Delano’s work, mainly from Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

 and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

, has received many honors internationally including the Alfred Eisenstadt Award, from Picture of the Year International, National Press Photographers Association
National Press Photographers Association
NPPA is the acronym for the National Press Photographers Association, founded in 1947. The organization is based in Durham, North Carolina and its mostly made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the journalism field...

 (N.P.P.A.), Leica
Leica
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’s Oskar Barnack
Oskar Barnack
Oskar Barnack was a German optical engineer, precision mechanic, industrial designer and the father of 35mm photography....

, PX3 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris), Photo District News
Photo District News
Photo District News is an American monthly trade publication for professional photographers. PDN was first published in 1980. The publication takes its name from New York City's photo district, an area of photo businesses that was once located in Flatiron District.Originally named New York Photo...

, American Photography, Communication Arts
Communication Arts
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 and others. His photographs have shown in galleries and museums on five continents and are held in the permanent collections at La Triennale Museum of Art, and the Museo Fotografia Contemporanea both in Milan
Milan
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, Italy
Italy
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 and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.

His latest book project, The Mercy Project / Inochi, which he created and curated was released in 2010 to help raise funds and awareness for hospice
Hospice
Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms.In the United States and Canada:*Gentiva Health Services, national provider of hospice and home health services...

 and palliative care
Palliative care
Palliative care is a specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients...

 in memory of his sister, Jeanne Louise Delano.

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

Photo books

  • Empire: Impression from China (monograph / Five Continents Editions, Milan 2004)
  • I Viaggi di Tiziano Terzani (monograph / Vallardi Editions, Milan 2008)
  • The Mercy Project / Inochi (Creator, Curator / Madosha, Tokyo 2010)

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