Bio
James M. Collins has over 25 years of industry experience working as an award-winning graphic designer and commercial photographer working with clients large and small—from international corporations to local small businesses across a wide index of markets in the design and production of their corporate communications. His work has appeared for clients on billboards, brochures, catalogs, magazines, tradeshows, websites and packaging. He specializes in product photography and environmental portraits.

Statement
There is a mean-looking wasp sitting on the arm of a teak chair on the patio in the back yard. Every day the wasp visits. Why does it keep landing on the chair?

I want answers.

I live in a densely populated town in Greater Boston that is five and a half square miles with 42,000 residents and an abundance of tiny, often unseen critters lurking in its yards—yards measured in square feet, not acres.

With a couple of chairs and a few flowers, a small suburban oasis was created on the patio.

But those wasps, and these tiny spiders that seem to jump into thin air? What else is living around me?

I need answers.

The camera provides an up-close peek at my fellow patio dwellers whose respective behaviors pique my curiosity and intrigue me.

All subjects seen were photographed outdoors in my backyard or front porch; none were harmed.

Whether planting a single flower or large garden—you won’t have to travel far to find interesting neighbors if you look close enough.

If you plant it, they will come. -JC

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EXHIBITIONS

 2019

Patio Life. Solo Exhibit.
Massachusetts Audubon Society – Boston Nature Center.
Boston, MA.
April-June 2019.

Primary Colors. 2019 International Juried Exhibit.
New York Center for Photographic Art.
Manhattan, NY
Damselfly and Green Bee.
April 2019.

2018

Winter Solstice. Mantis.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
December 6 – December 31, 2018.

Patio Life. Solo Exhibit.
Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA.
October 5 – November 15, 2018.

24th Annual Juried Members Exhibit.Praying Mantis.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
July 19 – September 2, 2018.

Photography Atelier 27– Patio Life. Group Exhibit.
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
March 8 – April 1, 2018.

2017

The 2017 Photographic Conversations Exhibition. Lenscratch. Night Reflections.
http://lenscratch.com/2017/09/the-2017-photographic-conversations-exhibition/

COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in the United States.

BOOKS
Collins, James. Patio Life. Arlington: Sutherland Hills Publishing. 2019.

AWARDS
2019Yellow, Colors of Humanity. Bee fly. Noteworthy.
2019Primary Colors. New York Center for Photographic Arts. Red Mandevilla and Damselfly. Jurors Selection.
2019Primary Colors. New York Center for Photographic Arts. Blue Salvia and Green Bee. Jurors Selection.
2012 Adventurers in Location, Explorers Corner, Winner
2011 Clarion Award, Most Improved Magazine, External Publications, Lasell LeavesMagazine
2001 Summit Award Gold, Self Promotion Calendar, Small Things from Tall Ships

SPEAKING
2019 Mass Audubon Macro Photography Workshop
2018 Hopkinton Center for the Arts Guest Lecture
2013 CASE District I Speaker

Website

Interview with Jamie Collins

Winchester Star’s Article on Patio Life