James Sparshatt Photography
British, b. 1966
James Sparshatt began his photographic career in the 1990s in Bolivia, working as a photojournalist and editor of the Bolivian Times. James has had solo exhibitions in the US, Ireland, Spain, Cuba, France and across the UK. His work has also been shown at prestigious contemporary art fairs including Pulse - Miami, Art Chicago, Art Hamptons, Slick Paris, Art Market (San Francisco) among others.
James’s photographs have been used for many advertising campaigns and have featured in magazines such as Dazed and Confused, Tatler, Red, Wanderlust as well as all of the UK’s major broadsheets. He has also written for the New Statesman.
“My love of photography developed while I was working as a photojournalist in Latin America in the 1990s. Both there, and later in Cuba, I was captivated by the energy and exuberance of the festivals and dance so inherent in Latino life. Many of my images celebrate the rich and vibrant musical heritage of Havana, Buenos Aires and Seville.
When I look at them I recall the rhythmic beat of the music and almost feel a trickle of sweat running down my back.”
His exhibition at the Royal National Theatre, London was described in the Sunday Telegraph as “a dazzling collection of black and white images”.
James has been a finalist in the Sony World Photographic awards, the Centre for Fine Art Photography and The Worldwide Photography Gala awards. He has also won the Center for Fine Art Photography’s International award. James frequently gives talks about his work at photographic festivals and exhibitions.1
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Artist: James Sparshatt
El Finquero by James Sparshatt - Palladium Platinum Print with Float Frame, 2004
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A tobacco farmer from the Viñales valley.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Platinum
Hombre De Media Luna - James Sparshatt - Palladium Platinum Print - Float Framed
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
It was almost 3am and we were still waiting for the band to start to play. I stood on the open air stage buffeted by the winds as the group and their roadies struggled to set up. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Platinum
Puro… Alegría by James Sparshatt - Palladium Platinum Print with Float Frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Puro is Cuban slang for a cigar… alegria is Spanish for happiness… for Graciela both always seemed essential to her being.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Platinum
Las Memorías by James Sparshatt. Silver gelatin photograph with Wood Frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Las Memorias… sitting on a rocking chair in Viñales watching the sunset and thinking of life.
The wife of a tobacco farmer, a strong woman of generosity and humour lost in thought w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Wood, Silver Gelatin
La Sonrisa by James Sparshatt Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A moment of joy on El Malecon, Havana’s sea wall and promenade.
James Sparshatt’s black and white portraits are a search for a connection with a world of emotions.
The work is ava...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Platinum
Te Veo by James Sparshatt. Palladium Platinum Print with Float Frame, 2005
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Te veo… I see you. Matanzas 2005.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Platinum
La Telaraña by James Sparshatt - Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
La telaraña or “spider’s web” was taken in a dance school in Santa Clara, Cuba. The dance symbolised the relationship between man and woman… the man flirting, the woman turning away ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Platinum
Corazon Y Alma by James Sparshatt - Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Heart and soul – lost in each others arms on a tango floor in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Platinum
Las Memorías by James Sparshatt - Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Las Memorias… sitting on a rocking chair in Viñales watching the sunset and thinking of life.
The wife of a tobacco farmer, a strong woman of generosity and humour lost in thought w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Platinum
El Beso by James Sparshatt. Framed baryta silver gelatin photograph.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A fleeting touch of the lips on a tango dance floor.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the moment.
T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Mujer De Santiago by James Sparshatt. Portrait photograph. Silver Gelatin Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A woman of Santiago de Cuba.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength of character and underlying humour that transcends the struggle that has defined their lives.
James Sparshatt went to Cuba in 1999 and was so taken with the island and its people that he returned 15 times in the following 7 years. His images are largely of the music and dance and innate rhythm of the island but he also found himself drawn to an older generation that had been old enough to understand the revolution in 1959, that lived through 40 years of tumultuous and often difficult times and who now watch with some bemusement the return of the outside world in wave upon wave of tourists.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of the “Revolutionary” generation of Cubans capture their grit and indominatable spirit.
The black and white portrait...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Wood, Silver Gelatin
El tabaquero by James Sparshatt. Portrait photograph. Silver gelatin print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A tobacco farmer from the Viñales valley in Cuba.
In 1959 residents of Cuba were faced with a stark choice: stay on their island home and live as a “revolutionary” or leave. Some believed wholeheartedly in the new beginning, some were willing to be carried along and some abandoned everything they had and chose exile.
The Buena Vista social club found fame as much for their incredible spirit as for their music, but for me it is the everyman that you meet on the street, cigar clamped between teeth, a glint in the eye, that embodies the true spirit of those who have lived through 50 years of struggle.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of the “Revolutionary” generation of Cubans capture their grit and indominatable spirit.
The black and white portrait photograph...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Wood, Silver Gelatin
La vieja guajira by James Sparshatt. Portrait photograph. Silver Gelatin Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The old country girl from the Escambray mountains. I was hiking in the mountains, close to Trinidad, when I met the family. They invited me in and we chatted about our different live...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Wood
La Romera by James Sparshatt. Portait photograph, Silver Gelatin Print.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
On a musical and pleasure seeking pilgrimage… during Las Romerias de Mayo festival in Holguín.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength of character and underlying humour that transcends the struggle that has defined their lives.
James Sparshatt went to Cuba in 1999 and was so taken with the island and its people that he returned 15 times in the following 7 years. His images are largely of the music and dance and innate rhythm of the island but he also found himself drawn to an older generation that had been old enough to understand the revolution in 1959, that lived through 40 years of tumultuous and often difficult times and who now watch with some bemusement the return of the outside world in wave upon wave of tourists.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of the “Revolutionary” generation of Cubans capture their grit and indominatable spirit.
The black and white portrait photograph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Wood, Silver Gelatin
El Campesino by James Sparshatt. Framed baryta silver gelatin print. 2001
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Viñales valley in western Cuba is a place of stunning beauty where perhaps the finest tobacco leaves in the world are grown. The tobacco farmers live hard but proud lives.
The S...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Wood
New Horizons by James Sparshatt, Silver Gelatin Print with Wood Frame, 2001
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Students of the Spanish School of Dance in the Gran Teatro of Havana.
James Sparshatt’s black and white portraits are a search for a connection with a world of emotions.
The work i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
El Barbudo by James Sparshatt. Silver Gelatin Print with Wooden Frame, 2002
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The bearded one… in Old Havana.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Wood, Silver Gelatin
Graciela by James Sparshatt. Framed palladium platinum photograph. 2004
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Graciela was for many years an institution in Old Havana. Always dressed beautifully, a cigar clamped between her teeth, a grin at the ready. A witness to the Cuban revolution and 50...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Platinum
Havana Café by James Sparshatt. Silver gelatin photograph with wood frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Havana Café. El Escabeche is a bar about halfway along called Obispo in old Havana. It was late afternoon when the band began to play. Their new lead singer was performing for the fi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Dagoberto by James Sparshatt. Photography, Gelatin Print with Wood Frame, 2004
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dagoberto began playing his guitar in the Casa de la Trova in Holguin, Cuba, in 1944. Sixty years later in 2004 I had the pleasure to sit with him in the same bar on a day to celebra...
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21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Photography
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Wood, Silver Gelatin
La Celebracíon by James Sparshatt. Silver Gelatin Print with Wood Frame, 2004
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A moment of pure joy in Holguín, Cuba, during las Romerias de Mayo festival.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the...
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21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Wood, Silver Gelatin
Storm Over The Altiplano by James Sparshatt. Framed Palladium Platinum print.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Lake Sillustani sits at over 4000m above sea level in the high altiplano of Peru. Overlooking the lake on a raised plateau a series of tall Incan Funerary towers dominate the lansdca...
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20th Century Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
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Rag Paper, Platinum
Te Veo by James Sparshatt. Photography, Small Print on Brushed Aluminium, 2005
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Te veo… I see you. Matanzas 2005.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Metal
El Caballero - Baryta silver gelatin print - wood frame, 2014
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The gentleman… a man of calm dignity and endessly kind eyes in Old Havana in 2016.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic chan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Glass, Silver Gelatin, Wood
El Caballero by James Sparshatt - Photograph printed direct on brushed aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The gentleman… a man of calm dignity and endessly kind eyes in Old Havana in 2016.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic chan...
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21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Metal
Te Veo by James Sparshatt - Silver Gelatin Print with Wooden Frame, 2005
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Te veo… I see you. Matanzas 2005.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Wood, Silver Gelatin
The maiden of Tsonga - James Sparshatt - A portrait photograph from Africa
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Location: KwaZulu Natal
Year: 2006
The Tsonga region is in the north of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. It was a day of celebration, cattle had been slaughtered and the ladies of th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic James Sparshatt Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Saiorse by James Sparshatt - Circular C-type Print Mounted to Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Saiorse is the Irish Gaelic word for freedom. It suggests the yearning of emigrants to set off on a journey to a new world… where everything is brighter and more magical. The sea is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic James Sparshatt Photography
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C Print
Dark Materials IV - James Sparshatt - A photograph of children in silhouette
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract James Sparshatt Photography
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Metal
La Sonrisa by James Sparshatt, Silver Gelatin Print with Wood Frame, 2001
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A moment of joy on El Malecon - Havana’s sea wall and promenade.
James Sparshatt’s black and white portraits are a search for a connection with a world of emotions.
The work is ava...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dark Materials IX - James Sparshatt - An impressionist photograph of joy
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
C Print
El Dandy - James Sparshatt - Portrait photograph of an icon of Old Havana
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Location: Havana
Series : Spirit of the Revolution
Year: 2001
Portrait of Elvirio el Dandy. An icon of Old Havana at the turn of the century. His custom of wearing finery has spaw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dark Materials IX - James Sparshatt - A photograph of joy on the beach
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Metal
Dark Materials II - James Sparshatt - A photograph of youngsters on the beach
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract James Sparshatt Photography
Materials
Metal
El Dandy - Palladium platinum print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Portrait of Elvirio el Dandy. An icon of Old Havana at the turn of the century. His custom of wearing finery has spawned a whole generation of young “Dandies” who hang out on Havan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic James Sparshatt Photography
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Black and White, Platinum
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