James has been a professional photographer in London since 1998, working for a number of editorial clients, specialising in portraiture and reportage. From 2005 – 2011 James was archive manager of the PYMCA image library specialising in Youth Culture and music. During this time he was responsible for picture editing and content management as well as curating a number of exhibitions including ‘Unordinary People’ at the Royal Albert Hall and editing the book ‘Streetstyle’ by Ted Polhemus, published in 2010. In 2011 James joined Universal Images Group as a picture editor, editing content from image libraries for international distribution. He continues to work as a freelance photographer.