I am an artist. My medium is photography.

MY ART
I create images of intimate details of your body that only a lover might see. That fleeting view is forever memorialized with film.

This body of work represents the refinement of my vision of the important details of the models I work with. The body parts, tattoos, piercing and scarifications are documentations of today. These images are the detailed examination of a very small part of the world around me.

I offer these images as a mirror and at the same time a window.  The window shows you something you have never seen and the mirror allows you to give your meaning to the image because of who you are, where you come from and your personal experiences. I believe that there are universal truths about the images I create and the beauty of all of the women in my images.

Photography has always fascinated me with its ability to make visible something that is not observable. It can be a moment in time. It can be something so small it doesn’t exist for me. It can be an historical event. It can be something I wouldn’t or shouldn’t look at and there it is in a picture and I am looking at it. In my art I try to explore these possibilities.

ABOUT ME
I closed my Soho studio in NYC in 2013, after almost 40 years.  I have retired from my commercial work to pursue my art. These are articles in the NY Times about the closing of my studio. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/arts/design/d-james-dee-plans-to-give-away-his-modern-art-archive.html and http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/a-trove-of-new-york-art-images-finds-a-home/ and http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/06/04/arts/artsspecial/20130605PHOTOGRAPHER.html

I document bodies with a 4”x5” camera on black and white film. I craft black and white, gelatin silver prints.

If you would like to work with me, contact me.

FRIEND REQUESTS:
I will respond to requests if you are reciprocating my friend request OR you have looked at my portfolio and would like to work with me. I work with film and am not interested in responding to retouchers.

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