James Whitlow Delano

Location: East Asia/Japan

James Whitlow Delano has lived in and documented Asia for a decade and a half. His work has been awarded internationally from the Alfred Eisenstadt Award (from Columbia University and Life Magazine), Leica Oskar Barnack, Picture of the Year International, Photo District News and others. Delano’s series on Kabul’s drug detox and psychiatric hospital was awarded 1st place in the 2008 NPPA Best of Photojournalism competition for Best Picture Story (large markets). His first monograph book, Empire: Impressions from China (Five Continents Editions) and work from Japan Mangaland have been shown at several Leica Galleries in Europe and Empire was the first ever one-person show of photography at La Triennale di Milano Museum of Art in Italy. His second monograph book, I Viaggi di Tiziano Terzani (Vallardi / Longanesi) was released in spring 2008. His work has appeared in New York Times Magazine, National Geographic Books, GEO, Newsweek, Mother Jones, Time Asia, Internazionale, Le Monde 2, Vanity Fair Italia, and others. His work has shown in international photo festivals from Visa Pour L’Image and Rencontres D’Arles to photo festivals at Angkor, Cambodia, Lianzhou, China, Noorderlicht, Netherlands, Rovereto, Italia and Foto Freo, Australia.

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  • Mr. Misaki, captain of the Fukuryu Maru (Lucky Dragon), which wandered into restricted zone during hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Island in 1954 and showered with radioactive ash, at his family's home in Yaizu, Japan.
  • View over the Pacific at twilight in Yaizu, Japan.
  • Gal-O boy text messaging on his phone at Hachiko Crossing, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Woman in kimono talks on mobile phone in alleyway of open air seafood and noodle "izakaya", Japanese pub restaurant, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Seafood and beer for breakfast at Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kawamata-sensei renders kanji (Chinese characters) in his studio in Mito, Japan. Several versions in the evolution of the character "tsuki", or moon, extend away from Kawamata-sensei into the foreground.
  • Northeast Asia Trade Tower (NEATT), the centerpiece of the planned "green" city of New Songdo City, South Korea.
  • Morning catch of yellow fin tuna laid out in the pre-dawn to be auctioned to brokers at Katsuura fish market, Kii Peninsula, Japan.
  • Clear waters of Okinawa just south of Maeda Misaki (Cape Maeda), Okinawa, Japan.
  • Hashikuiiwa, literally bridge posts stones which seem to be the posts of an ancient bridge connecting the southern coast of the Kii Peninsula to Kii O-shima Island, the southernmost point of Japan's largest island, Honshu, Japan.
  • Yaenqle Cirve ("Ya-en-klei Sir-ve"), Haitian sugar cane cutter in fields near Barahona, Domincan Republic.
  • A pregnant Haitian woman in a makeshift batey built on exposed coral near a popular tourist area. Sanitation facilities are non-existent and clean water must be purchased for drinking and bathing, creating a high risk for disease, particularly among children, the infirm, and the elderly. Boca Chica, Dominican Republic
  • Xu Zhongmin examines statue cloaked in a Dior design he has prepared for an installation for an upcoming show sponsored by Dior, Beijing, China.
  • Li Songsong in his studio at 798 in Beijing, China.
  • (L) Morning sun illuminates icy hotel window in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. (R) Looking out over a forest of smokestacks from the same hotel window after the ice melted, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
  • Traditional home in the port district of Yaizu, Japan.
  • Cracked, baked earth in the Mojave Desert in California, USA.
  • Man has late dinner of noodles in katsuo dashi (bonito broth) at open air restaurant, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • (L) Roots exposed to the elements, Mt. Takao, Tokyo, Japan. (R) Pressed against the door on the Yamanote Line during morning rush hour, Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan.
  • A survivor. A baby, safe and sound for now, rests in badly damaged wooden house by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy River Delta, Kyaiklat, Burma (Myanmar).
  • Kabuli man displays a hit of heroin on the foil from a cigarette pack as he prepares to smoke it in filthy, abandoned chamber in old city of Kabul, Afghanistan. There are 40,000 - 50,000 heroin and opium users in Kabul, says Dr. Qureshi, Deputy Director of Kabul's only gov’t run mental hospital, Psychiatric and Drug Dependency Hospital, Kabul.
  • Two Roma brothers looking skyward from the window of their makeshift house. Their family and others in the neighborhood are receiving support from the organization Terre des Hommes to create opportunities for education and to prevent child labor in the community. Elbassan, Albania.
  • Paradita, Dulce Maria (Sweety Mary) 28 years old from the Mexican state of Guerrero, reclines on bed in hotel used by sex workers on Coahuila Street, Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico. Paraditas, or "Standing Girls" are sex workers who may legally ply their trade in Zona Norte, less than 500 m from the Mexican / US border.
  • View from the summit of Mount Rausu, the highest mountain on the Shiretoko Peninsula and an active volcano, Hokkaido, Japan, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Rick O'Barry, advocate for dolphins, in Taiji, where he hopes to facilitate the end to the slaughter of dolphins in the cove nearby, Japan. This is the first time since the release of the controversial documentary, "The Cove".
  • Wild Ezo Shika deer grazes in a pasture which is in fact reclaimed farmland bought with funds raised by the 100 Square Meters National Trust, Shiretoko National Park, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hokkaido , Japan.
  • Girl Gazes from Back Window of Minibus, near St. Petersburg, Russia.