Russell James Autobiographical Sketch from his Facebook:
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Born in Australia, I started my career as a laborer in a trash can factory. It took more then two decades to find my way from Perth, Australia to the fashion world of New York City. I traveled the world from 1987 to 1996 trying get my photography career started. In 1997, I was on the brink of having to admit defeat and go back to Australia and get a factory job, but then I got my 'break'. I was asked to shoot Tyra Banks for the cover of Sports Illustrated and to shoot a fashion story for W magazine in the same week. That was really the beginning of my career that now includes photographing for major brands and magazines, as well as my personal art photography that has regular gallery openings in cities around the world. In the more recent years, my passion has extended to using my art to create awareness and raise funds for preservation of culture and child health research.
I am lucky to have three amazing children, Emily, Lola and Harry, who are a great inspiration for me, and I love my job more today than the day I started.
I am passionate about my work for preservation of culture that was inspired by my relationship with Australian indigenous people. I love to go sailing when I get the chance, though that is rare these days.
Project: Nomad Two Worlds, Part 1 of 2
Photographer: Russell James
Sources: Russell James' Facebook and dipdive.com
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Created by world renowned photographer Russell James, Nomad Two Worlds is a collaborative art project with indigenous artists. In the last decade it has evolved from James' attempt to understand the troubling cultural divide he witnessed growing up in Australia to what it is today, a powerful expression of partnership and reconciliation in action through art, music and film that has become a global example of true collaboration across deep divides.
From its humble beginnings as an art exhibition in New York in 1999 Nomad Two Worlds endured the years leading up to the global event known in the political narrative simply as "The Apology", the 2008 public apology made to Indigenous Australians by the then Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.
Project: Nomad Two Worlds, Part 2 of 2
Photographer: Russell James
Models / Celebs: Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima,
Apl.de.ap, Fergie, Yfke Sturm, Heidi Klum, Nicole Trunfio and Noemie Lenoir
Sources: Russell James' Facebook and dipdive.com
RUSSELL JAMES
Exhibition from 02 April to 7 May 2011
More information about the exhibition, see the press release
CAMERA WORK is proud to present to re-work of Russell James. Never before seen nude photos of the most beautiful women in the world from the "V2" to take pictures of his artistic project "Nomad - Two Worlds" and view other icons, such as scenic images from the backstage area of the famous Victoria's Secret show added.
Russell James' recordings of the eight beautiful women Brooklyn Decker, Miranda Kerr, Candice Swanepoel, Erin Heatherton, Emanuela de Paula, Jarah Mariano, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Lindsay Ellingson is on the picturesque island of Necker Iceland under the title "V2" summarized and developed in one, the accompanying exhibition book was.
Smart is the New Sexy
youtube/GlobalPovertyProject
Uploaded on Mar 14, 2011
Directed by Russell James.
Featuring Erin Heatherton.
Music by Future Islands.