British-born
photojournalist James Robert Fuller
has been based in Southeast Asia since 1999. James worked
on New York City’s Lower East Side with substance
abusers for nine years before relocating to Thailand
and committing himself to photojournalism full-time.
Using the northern city of Chiang Mai as his base, James
documented ethnic conflict in the Thai-Burmese borderlands,
traditional boxing in rural Thailand and social issues
in Cambodia.
James’
work for international news media began in the wake
of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. On
assignment to Indonesia for Paris Match magazine,
James was the first foreign journalist to transmit images
of the destruction at Meulaboh, the closest town to
the source of the tsunami. His images of the aftermath
feature in Things As They Are: Photojournalism in
Context Since 1955 published by World Press Photo
and have been projected at the Visa Pour L'Image photojournalism
festival.
