James Jowers

American photographer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican photographer
A.K.A.James H. Jowers
A.K.A.James H. Jowers
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPhotographer
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1939
Death2009 (aged 70 years)
The details

Biography

James Jowers (1939–2009) was an American street photographer. Jowers began receiving training in photography and darkroom techniques while serving in the United States Army. While working the night shift as a porter at St. Luke's Hospital, he would spend his free time during the day roaming the streets of his Lower East Side neighborhood and the rest of Manhattan, capturing a gritty, funny, and idiosyncratic view of the city.
Jowers' photographs were included as illustrations for articles in the New York Times and Forbes in the 1970s.

Publications with contributions by Jowers

  • Whitten, Whitten and W. Lance Bennett. The Study of Society. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Group, 1973.
  • Wilkins, Ronald J. Man and Woman. Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown, 1975.
  • Stark, Rodney. Social Problems, New York: Random House, 1975.
  • Photography Annual 1975, New York: Ziff-Davis, 1974.
  • Meyers, Richard and David Giannini, ed. Genesis: Grasp, Vol. 1, No. 1. New York, Genesis : Grasp Press, 1968.
  • Lindgren, Henry Clay. An Introduction to Social Psychology. New York: Wiley, 1973.
  • Goldenberg, Herbert. Abnormal Psychology: A Social/Community Approach. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co, 1977.
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Exhibitions

  • What We're Collecting Now: The Family Photographed, September 5, 2009 - July 18, 2010, the George Eastman Museum
  • The Gender Show, June 15, 2013 - January 10, 2016, the George Eastman Museum

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