James Collum

Before the Maddening Crowd

Dawn, Pier 39, San Francisco
San Francisco Carousel, Pier 39
Preparation, Pier 39, San Francisco
Churros, Pier 39, San Francisco
In Anticipation, Pier 39, San Francsico
Shark Harbor
Waiting
Carousel 2
Carousel 3
Cone

Coastal Work

Surf & Cliff II, Garrapata
Incoming Tide, Garrapata
Surf, Garrapata
Garrapata Creek I
Obilisk
The Hound, Greyhound Rock Beach
Three Egrets
Haystack, Greyhound Rock Beach
Low Tide 1, Greyhound Rock Beach
Ghost Gull

Faroe Islands

Cape and Atlantic
Jord of Kaldbak
Sea Stacks and Tindhólmur
The Troll and The Witch
Peat Storage House, Kirkjubøur
Church of Saksun
The Troll and The Witch 2
Fish Cages of Sørvágur
Hamrinum at Argir
Vágar With Witches Finger

Glacial Seas

Cliffs
Sentinel With Seaweed
Cave I
Ebb Tide I

My Hometown

Windbent, Fall Creek
Dawn, Big Bend Trail
Entwined, Henry Cowell Park
Dusk, Meadow, Henry Cowell Park
Meadow at Dawn, Henry Cowell
Leaf Fall
Cleaning
Path, Henry Cowell Park
Berries, Mountain Charlie Road
Skyglider

The Secret Light of Flowers

Secret Light 03
Secret Light 04
Secret Light 05
Secret Light 08
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Secret Light 12
Secret Light 13
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Secret Light 17
Secret Light 18
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Jim Collum’s work invokes calm and tranquility. Shooting mostly in the quiet light of the early morning, Jim uses a combination of the latest photographic technologies along with those of the 19th century to capture a beauty in venues one would pass without noticing.

The work is then presented as either a traditional platinum print, or as a digital print on photographic paper.
Jim lives and works amidst the redwood forests and coasts of the traditional West Coast photographic scenery.

The Secret LIght of Flowers

This body of work will be available printed as inkjet prints or platinum over color pigment prints in sizes 7×7″, 12×12″ and 20×20″.

The Secret Life of Flowers

Photography has traditionally been used to capture moments in time seen by the photographer. Before any manipulation may occur, there is a direct correlation between what the photographer saw and what is on the negative.
There exists a huge spectrum of light, with only a very small portion visible to the human eye. By using a modified camera, the interaction of infra-red light and a plant can be captured…
Something that can never be seen by the human eye.
This interaction can expose a secret interaction between that light and a plant, unseen. The images in this series are moments captured of that secret interaction between different plants and infra-red light.
The colors have not been manipulated. The colors and tones describe this secret reality.