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Mentor | James Porto

WEBSITE | www.jamesporto.com

James Porto is an artist of immeasurable talent; his unique vision and immense technical skills have placed him in the vanguard of contemporary photography.  He received a Bachelor of Science in Professional Photography degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1982, moved to New York City and began working as a photo assistant.  He opened his own photography studio in New York City in 1985.  His specialty was producing multiple image special effect photographs for advertising and editorial clients using elaborate darkroom and in-camera techniques before pioneering digital imaging technologies.  He received a grant from New York Fellowship for the Arts to do a series of cubist images and has since exhibited his work in New York City, nationally and internationally.  More recently, he participated in a group show of photography at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cincinnati. (Summer 2003).

He has collaborated with various artists in both advertising and editorial projects. Some of the artists include Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair and Joanne Gair, make-up artist and body painter, on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2001.  In addition, he developed a national advertising campaign with Blue Man Group.

His advertising clients include Absolute, Adidas, AT&T, Bell Helicopters, Epson, IBM, Illford, Kodak, Lockheed, Motorola, Nike, Pepsi, Reebok, Seagrams, Sony, and Texas Instruments.  Some of his editorial clients include American Photo, Art Direction, Business Week, ESPN, Fortune, Forbes, Glamour, GQ, New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, New York, Photo Italia, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Time, and Wired.