James Sparshatt Portrait 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.to
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Artist: James Sparshatt
Southern Gentleman. Black and white photograph of dance by James Sparshatt
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A moment of joy on the dancefloor at the Festival Acadiens et Creoles in 2019 in Lafayette, Louisiana. A joyous connection!
Lafayette
Louisiana, USA
2019
James Sparshatt‘s black a...
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Silver Gelatin
A Confiança by James Sparshatt
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A confiança 2023
Amidst the joyful exuberance of Brazilian carnival a moment of calm reflection and an image of youthful hope for the future.
The Carna...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silent Dreams by James Sparshatt
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A moment of calm amongst busy patterns and fabrics. Resting before it all comes to life.
The Carnaval of Olinda, on the north east coast of Brazil, is a week of high energy and exub...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Waiting for the drums by James Sparshatt
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Waiting for the drums
The anticipation of the next beat, the next dance, when everything comes alive.
The Carnaval of Olinda, on the north east coast of Brazil...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Saudade by James Sparshatt
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Saudade
Lost in the moment.
Saudade is an emotional state of profound longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone.
The Carnaval of Olinda, on the north east coast of Bra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Last Man Standing by James Sparshatt
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Last Man Standing
Creating his own dancefloor. As much a part of the show as he is the audience.
The Carnaval of Olinda, on the north east coast of Braz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
La pasión. Black and white photograph of flamenco by James Sparshatt
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Flamenco is an expression of life’s emotions… of love, anger, sorrow and joy. Of passion and all the things that it drives us to.
Andalusian flamenco was born in the Gitano or Gyps...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
El duende by James Sparshatt. Palladium platinum print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
In the early hours in the Triana district of Seville, a flamenco palmera loses herself to the rhythm. As the tacones beat the floor, the vocalist calls out a lament and the palmera ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Platinum
El Duende by James Sparshatt. Baryta silver gelatin photograph.
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A palmera summons the Duende through the force of her percussive clapping. In harmony with the tacones of the flamenco dancer and the harsh lament of the vocalist.
James Sparshatt’...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
La Furia del Mantón. Black and white photograph of flamenco by James Sparshatt
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Flamenco dancers use facial expressions, hand movements and gestures to convey emotions. Their dress is dramatic and enhances these movements often with the sweep and swirl of the flamenco shawl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Puro… Alegría by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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La Dama Del Callejón by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2001
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Sunday afro-Cubans gather in the Callejon de Hammel to play the drums and sing the harsh vocals of rumba.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cuban...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
El Babalao by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Photograph
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A Babalao or priest of the Santeria religion
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
James Sparshatt Ritmo del Autobus Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
It was Christmas day and we were heading to Santa Maria beach in a hired Cuban school bus about 40 minutes from Centro Havana. The girls of Rumba Morena beg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Platinum, Glass
La Dama Del Callejón by James Sparshatt. 20" x 20" Photo on brushed aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Sunday afro-Cubans gather in the Callejon de Hammel to play the drums and sing the harsh vocals of rumba.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cuban...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
La Dama De La Plaza by James Sparshatt. Photograph on Brushed Aluminium, 2000
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A lady of pure joy… dancing in the Plaza de la Revolucion on May 1st.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
El Campesino by James Sparshatt. 20" x 20" photograph on Brushed Aluminiu
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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James Sparshatt La Dama Del Callejón Large Print on Brushed Aluminium, 2001
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Sunday afro-Cubans gather in the Callejon de Hammel to play the drums and sing the harsh vocals of rumba.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cuban...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
La Dama De La Plaza by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" photo on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A lady of pure joy… dancing in the Plaza de la Revolucion on May 1st.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
La Dama del Callejón by James Sparshatt. Palladium Platinum Print - Float Frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Sunday afro-Cubans gather in the Callejon de Hammel to play the drums and sing the harsh vocals of rumba.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cuban...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
El Campesino by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" photograph on Brushed Aluminiu
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
El Sentinel by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A man of gentlemany demeanour, content with his cigar. A sentinel watching the world pass amidst the endless sugar cane country of central Cuba.
The Spirit of the Revolution serie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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El Sentinel by James Sparshatt. 20" x 20" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A man of gentlemany demeanour, content with his cigar. A sentinel watching the world pass amidst the endless sugar cane country of central Cuba.
The Spirit of the Revolution serie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
James Sparshatt El Barbudo Photography, Small Print on Brushed Aluminium, 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Fellaz on Frenchmen by James Sparshatt. Framed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
New Orleans is a mecca for music lovers from around the world. Wandering up Frenchmen Street on a sultry Louisianan evening is to be surrounded by competing sounds vying for attentio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Glass, Platinum
Puro… Alegría by James Sparshatt. 20" x 20" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
El Barbudo by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36" Photographic Print on Brushed Aluminium
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
James Sparshatt A Moment with Mario Photography, Palladium Platinum Print, 2019
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A photograph of Mario locked in a harmonious embrace with his trumpet… a moment of magic in a jazz club in New Orleans.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Platinum
Hombre de Media Luna by James Sparshatt. 20 x 20” photo printed on aluminium
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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El Finquero by James Sparshatt. 20 x 20” photograph printed direct on aluminium
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
El Tabaquero by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36” photograph printed direct on aluminium
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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La Vieja Guajira by James Sparshatt. 20 x 20” photo printed direct on aluminium
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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La Vieja Guajira by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36” photo printed direct on aluminium
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Hombre De Media Luna by James Sparshatt. 20 x 20” portrait printed on aluminium
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
La Romera by James Sparshatt. 20 x 20” photograph printed direct on aluminium.
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 dr...
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21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
El Revolucionario by James Sparshatt. 20 x 20” photo printed direct on aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
El revolucionario – a gentleman of Old Havana.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They hav...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
La Romera by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36” photograph printed direct on aluminium
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 dr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
El Finquero by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36” photograph printed direct on aluminium.
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
El Revolucionario by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36” photo printed direct on aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
El revolucionario – a gentleman of Old Havana.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They hav...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
El Tabaquero by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36” photo printed direct on aluminium
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
Graciela by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36” photograph printed direct on aluminium
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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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El Caballero by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" Photo printed direct on 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 Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Metal
Las Curvas by James Sparshatt - Photograph - Gelatin Print with Wood Frame, 2004
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A girl at one with the rhythm of her guitar in Holguín, Cuba.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary James Sparshatt Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
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