The wild, the worn and the wonderfully human.

I'm an advertising photographer, storyteller and professional collector of strange ideas.

After years working in marketing around the globe, I learnt that the best images don't just look good - they make people feel something. So that's what I chase. Photographs with humour, grit, personality and a pulse.

I've worked with everyone from global brands to small businesses, creating imagery that feels less like advertising and more like a story worth paying attention to.

The work I’m most proud of starts with one question that gets to the pointy end of the story: what are we trying to make undeniable?

Sometimes that leads to award-winning campaigns. Sometimes it leads to personal projects involving mountains of laundry, dark humour and the beautiful chaos of everyday life.

Either way, I'm interested in photographs that reveal something true. The polished and the imperfect. The serious and the ridiculous. The wild, the worn and the wonderfully human.

Based in Wānaka. Available wherever the story takes me.

jodie@jodiejames.co.nz

021356343