Photographer and filmmaker James Stenson has traveled the globe capturing images for both commercial and artistic projects in a variety of mediums. His extensive career began in the UK as a freelance photographer, specializing in portraits and reportage for Marie Claire, GQ, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Time Out, Radio Times, FHM, The Times Saturday and Sunday Magazines, Night and Day, The Telegraph Magazine, Total Film Magazine, and Hello Magazine.
Now a resident of Los Angeles, California, his photos have appeared in many US publications: Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Variety, US Magazine, US Elle, US FHM and Time Magazine, to name a few.
He has worked extensively for major television networks and film production companies in both the US and UK, such as Warner Bros., the BBC, UK Channels 4 and 5, HBO, and Living TV. Corporate clients include Waterstones, Crate & Barrel, Sky Media, the Arts Council England, and the English National Opera.
Stenson made his directorial film debut in 2012 with Kelly, a documentary feature about a transgender prostitute in Los Angeles. Current projects include an upcoming documentary short, Breaking the Silence, about prison rape survivors, and a feature documentary chronicling the lives of children suffering from prescription drug birth defects. His films are in development under the production company he founded in 2011, Good Trick Productions.
A graduate of the University of Wales-Newport’s prestigious School of Documentary Photography, Stenson was the winner of the Tom Webster Award and received high-commendation by the Observer Hodge Award. His work has been exhibited at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, Photo Gallery Cardiff, and Impact Photo Gallery in Bristol.
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