Documentary & Photographic Projects
A long-term documentary study of the changing spirit of New York in the post-9/11 era — a body of work unfolding as a photobook, the hybrid photo-and-writing column of the same name, and a forthcoming book.
A hybrid history, photography, and writing project of the Lower East Side, built on my grandmother’s rediscovered family archive — a serious body of vernacular photography hidden inside a family album, read alongside letters and family history.
A twelve-year documentary project shaped as a history book — 211 images and written history tracing hype culture through SoHo and Tribeca, and an indirect study of the cultural mania of the early social-media era.
A 5.5-year record of the East Village: more than 200 portraits and in-depth interviews with long-time residents, business owners, and workers, made with the award-winning neighborhood site EV Grieve.
Portraits and interviews with twenty-five people whose lives were shaped by immigration on the Lower East Side, with the Educational Alliance and University Settlement; featured by the Tenement Museum’s “Your Story, Our Story” and exhibited as Sharing the Miracle at the Manny Cantor Center.
A collaborative project following a Japanese salaryman’s transition into photography as he confronts his family and his past through a stress-related mental episode.
A monthly feature with writer Jason Sheftell — photographs and interviews by James Maher — documenting a different New York neighborhood each month through the people who live and work there.
Writing & Photography Discourse
Glass City — twice-monthly column on photography, creativity, urbanism, and neighborhood history (~14,000 readers).
Session Press / Photography Channel (NYC & Tokyo), since 2025 — co-host of an interview series on photobooks and exhibitions, with Session Press and Dashwood Books.
Teaching
Private and group street-photography workshops and photo tours across Manhattan and Brooklyn since 2011 — close to a thousand photographers taught. Certified New York City tour and workshop guide.
Corporate, Event & Portrait Photography
Alongside the documentary work, I run one of New York’s most trusted independent practices for corporate event and conference photography and business portraits and headshots — covering conferences, summits, awards dinners, and company events across the city since 2005, with portraits made on-site or in the field. 5-star rated on Google and TripAdvisor across 250+ reviews.
Selected Clients & Press
AdvisorHub · Barclays Center / BSE Global · Tiffany & Co. · Columbia University · The Economist Group · Facebook · FIFA World Cup 2026 · New York Daily News · G-Star Raw · Glenn Agre · HLB Lighting · Informa Connect · L&M Development Partners · Madison Square Boys & Girls Club Foundation · Fox 5 News · The Outnet · S&P Global · Sally Beauty · Skift · United States Tennis Association (US Open) · Digital Photographer magazine
