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For the last 18 months together with people on or far beyond the outskirts of my local Market Towns community I have been recording through collaborative environmental portraiture, audio and video interviews coupled with straight documentary shoots their life stories and memories, musings, hopes and struggles.

I do this with a passion and belief that the photographs we can make have a weight and longevity beyond our time here, have an ability to communicate a story long after the characters have departed, they are time capsules awaiting discovery.

These are moments of daily endurance that in a generation will have passed forever.

I work as a full time Carer in my families home and at the end of the week there is no budget for any photographic work. Most all of my equipment is borrowed and all of my shoots are completed in free time away from my duties at home.

Portraits from the Market Town series are multi award winning and have been published in print & book format worldwide. Market Town has no end date, it's a project I will work on forever, constantly updating how I present the stories via essays, interviews, articles, stories, portraits, mixed media exhibitions and a series of books.

Full bio and list of publications, exhibitions and awards can be found here :

www.wix.com/jamortram/jamortram

All my love to my darling Laura, bisous eternellement mon amour, you're in every way my better half!...

Huge and everlasting thanks to my Dad... you showed me the power of photography from an early age... taught me all the rules and supported me always... love you mate!

Aroooo!... for the dogs in my life... Sura and Tiboy : )

Great thanks to my friend, the other Jim, Spygrandson for the brilliant gift of my new Pro account.

Huge thanks to Manik23 for the wonderful gift of last years Pro Account.

Huge thanks to my friend and comrade Paul The |G| for the wonderful gift of this years Pro Account.

The continued support of friends and peers whom I value so very much is more than appreciated by me - thank you.

Photos of J A Mortram (6)

  • The POOL a wee tale from the dafthermit by Dafthermit living a simple life
  • by Laura Manfre
  • Jim Mortram by froot loops
  • the dirty [four] dozen by the|G|™
  • exhibition J A mortrams by tallulahminky
  • The twins. by froot loops
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  • Prince again: Hunts Point Bronx by Chris Arnade
  • Alfredo in the jungle by Sean Hawkey
  • by patrickjoust
  • by joelpersels
  • eric & ernie in progress - minimal stylee by garageowns
  • he caught me on a bad day by garageowns
  • by patrickjoust
  • Kim Novak by Laura Manfre
  • seeing double by garageowns
  • A banner for my sister by Laura Manfre
  • by patrickjoust
  • Father Figure Project - James and Jerome by eudæmon
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Testimonials (14)

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    sp.neale says:

    "A man for the Tuesday afternoons of this life."

    26th August, 2010

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    Laura Manfre says:

    "Jim is so talented, he's a very nice and worthy person.
    All his photos are incredible.
    Jim is an artist.

    And I love him."

    14th August, 2010

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    the|G|™ says:

    "J A Mortram

    jim
    holy shit
    and it is true holy
    and it is the actual shit

    this is visual acuity
    like an unwrapped
    bare razor.

    acuity
    with a beating
    weeping bleeding
    and tearful
    heart.

    this is a hymn
    a supplication
    a muscular homage
    and an exceptional
    force of description.

    this work is important.
    important. that's one
    powerful fucking word.
    fitting here perfectly.

    you look at this stream
    you lose your own coddled
    warmth and labelled love.

    you start to think.
    ticking over. ticking.
    over.
    thinking.

    that is art.

    a photographer.
    a describer.
    a teller of that
    which needs telling.

    the|G|™"

    10th July, 2009

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    daveblume says:

    "When Jim asked me to comment on his flickr page, I thought I would likely be looking at a beginner who wanted feedback. To my delight and surprise, I have found what others have found in his work-- humanity, classic formalism, compassion and originality. How refreshing to find someone who, while obviously talanted and accomplished, still seeks to improve by soliciting the opinions of his peers. Bravo . . ."

    8th July, 2009

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    spysgrandson--thanks for the half million hits says:

    "It would be easy to engage in lengthy discourse about what this artist/photographer/writer shares with us. Instead, I will allow myself the privilege of only a few remarks. Jim is Bob Dylan with a camera. His powerful images and words reveal the both the gritty and grand elements of the human experience. His stark black and whites show us not only the painfully finite nature of our time here but also the potential for transcendence--for finding that glimmer of hope that always exists in the human spirit, no matter how well masked. I am honored to know him and in awe of his skill and elegance."

    25th March, 2009

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    - Lanny says:

    "Absolutely fantastic images! Excellent composition and understanding of light. Very engaging body of images!"

    6th March, 2009

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    browncardigan says:

    "classic and modern. strong and soft. beautiful, always. his type of talent isn't supposed to exist anymore."

    5th March, 2009

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    Sébastien.C says:

    "strong and human work"

    7th January, 2009

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    ENIGMA IMAGES says:

    "There aren't many eyes I can imagine looking through but these ones see humanity in its purest form. Timeless images that one should spend time enjoying and learning from."

    3rd January, 2009

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    kateri_tekakwitha says:

    "I was thinking really long how to start... how to express what i feel when i visit Jim's photostream...
    It is simply honest, real and beautiful gallery of simple, real and beautiful people.
    Every picture tells a story, which stays with you for a very long time.
    You don't only can see his photos but also listen to them. Jim portrays atmosphere and mood so convincingly...
    I'm so glad that i found Him here on flickr.
    Thank You for your amazing photos."

    27th December, 2008

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    Lars Lejring says:

    "I get so much inspiration from Jim Mortram´s work!
    He speaks with a tender and quiet voice about the world and the people where he lives - a story of daily life told by a very sensitive and poetic photographer."

    28th September, 2008

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    Manik23 says:

    "An Artist with an outlook not many seem to have these days...."

    14th August, 2008

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    Dafthermit living a simple life says:

    "All i can say is, watch out world the wee man is coming what a star"

    11th August, 2008

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    glucozze says:

    "I don't write lot of testimonial, maybe bcz when you know from sometime a photographer -in true or in flickr - it's not very useful to write one, they know what you think.

    but like i don't know J A Mortram i can do it :)
    it's flickr: you open the "global photojournalism" pool and you see a great portrait -in fact the best of the first page-, you go to the mainstream and see perfect B&W like those which were done by the street master's.
    angles are perfect, monochromes wonderfuls...i will wait to seen the next ones with urgeness !
    i love punk and skin culture and i'm in love with your portraits bcz they make me wonder of how some of those youth i shoot could become in some years.
    portrait of "beautiful" persons are too boring, i prefer people with caracter and background.
    thank again for your work and i will wait to see what come next ;D"

    2nd August, 2008

Joined:
February 2008
Hometown:
Dereham
I am:
Male and Taken
Occupation:
Carer
Website:
JAMortram