Jim Patton

My passion is for people. The person, and also the stuff of that person’s life – the struggles and the whimsy, the successes and the tragedies, the interaction between them and their environment.  In capturing that drama, the most fun is getting people involved with making the picture, wanting to be in a shot, enjoying the experience.  This has given me a portfolio of amazing, insightful looks into the everyday life of remote cultures.

I started my travel photography with landscapes and monuments. But when I got home, it was always the pictures of people that meant the most, the really captured the spirit of the place. I have been to nearly forty countries. The more remote and the less explored, the better for me. And I love meeting the people.

I was born in Detroit. In a thirty-year career at Kodak, I explored virtually every aspect of professional photography – marketing, sales, technology, manufacturing, and photo science. Now, I build upon this by adding the elements of digital photography and image creation. I live in Pittsford, NY with Liz, two parrots, and a Mac.

My pictures have been displayed in several shows in Rochester, including “The Face of Indochina” at the Link Gallery in 2005, and “Asian Odyssey” at the Image City Photo Gallery. I am an Artist-in-Residence at the Image City Photo Gallery. I will have a new one-person show there in June 2009.  In addition, I have works displayed at Lumiere Photo, at Tasteology Restaurant in Pittsford, and at Edibles Restaurant in Rochester.

My next trips are Iran (fall 2008), Mali (early 2009) and Gujarat, India (spring 2009.)

Visit me at www.jamespatton.com

Jim is an Artist in Residence at Image City Photography Gallery.

email  jpatton@rochester.rr.com

website www.jamespatton.com

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