Biography
James Ball is a documentary photographer based in west London. After
starting out in corporate reportage, his break came through a competition
for Dazed & Confused Magazine. Treading a line between traditional documentary
and fine-art, his work has since featured in the Observer, Vice, Wired
and on the BBC. He is distributed by the Anzenberger agency.
James is currently working on long-term stories relating to militaria
and weaponry
Statement
"I grew up in Croxley Green, a small village within rural Hertfordshire's
commuter-belt, dubbed 'metroland' after its Metropolitan railway heritage.
With its open spaces, canals and woods most of my youth was spent building
bases or getting muddy on a bike and following the canal tow-paths from
village to village.
Surrounded by the quaint and tranquil, by my late teens I was bored
and with London so close I left Hertfordshire behind, only to find myself
thinking about living in such a place in recent years."