JIM WEST

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JIM WEST
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Biography

I photograph mainly labor and social issues. I was previously the editor of a magazine for labor union activists, Labor Notes, and before that a taxi driver in New York. In addition to earning a living, I would like my photography to contribute in some small way to social change.

about me

What is the best photographic advice that you have ever received?
Rohn Engh of PhotoSource International always preached: find something you care about and specialize in that. Don't try to photograph everything.
If you weren’t a photographer, what would you be?
Perhaps a scientist of some kind. Or a pilot. Not lawyer. Not doctor. Not politician. Not banker.

Most Popular Images & Videos

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Williamsport, Pennsylvania - An Atlas Energy Resources natural gas well being drilled in rural Lycoming County in preparation for hydraulic fracturing...
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Detroit, Michigan - A Waymo self-driving car on display at the Detroit Moves Mobility Festival. Waymo is a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alph...
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Detroit, Michigan - A crash-test dummy in a Volvo C30 electric car on display at the North American International Auto Show
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Watford City, North Dakota - Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation. The gas is burned because no pipelines have bee...
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Watford City, North Dakota - Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation. The gas is burned because no pipelines have bee...
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Watford City, North Dakota - Oil production in the Bakken shale formation.
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Detroit, Michigan - The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, where the first Ford Model T was built in 1908 The building is now a museum called the Model T Au...
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Washington, DC - Volunteers serve food to the hungry at an outdoor soup kitchen The volunteer project was one of many Martin Luther King Day communit...
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Detroit, Michigan - Downtown Detroit and the icy Detroit River, from Belle Isle, a city park in the middle of the river.
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia - Workers wearing fire resistant clothing intentionally burn Big Meadows The National Park Service burns part of t...
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Fort Bragg, California - Logging of redwoods in northern California Timber faller Gary Roach cuts a tree with his chainsaw
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Charlevoix, Michigan - Mariel West, not quite 2, tries cross-country skiing MR
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Editor's Choice

Caledonia, Michigan - Revolution Farms, a hydroponic farm which grows lettuce in a huge greenhouse for major supermarket chains. The farm has highly a...
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Diamondville, Wyoming - A semi-trailer truck that drove off U. S. Highway 30 and crashed in southwestern Wyoming.
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Detroit, Michigan USA - 10 June 2023 - An abandoned house burns on the near east side of Detroit, an apparent arson.
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Ray, Michigan - The historic Wolcott Mill, built in 1845 and operated until 1967. It is now part of Wolcott Mill Metropark.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan USA - 16 July 2022 - More than a thousand nurses and community supporters picketed the University of Michigan hospital, protesting...
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Kemmerer, Wyoming - The home of James Cash Penney, who founded the JC Penney chain. The home is now a small museum. The J. C. Penney ""Mother Store,""...
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Inspiration Images

Shelocta, Pennsylvania - The coal-fired Keystone Generating Station. The plant can generate 1,711 MW of electricity; it is owned by a consortium of po...
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Grapevine, Texas - The intersection of Texas state highways 114 and 121, just north of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
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Canyonlands National Park, Utah - Yellow Beeplant (Cleome Lutea) growing at Spanish Bottom on the Colordo River.
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Monroe, Michigan - Emissions from a coal-fired power plant operated by DTE Energy
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Southfield, Michigan - Boxes of Huffy bicycles stacked for volunteers to assemble for children. The bicycles were distributed to children in foster ca...
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Sarnia, Ontario Canada - The Blue Water Bridge over the St. Clair River, which joins Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan.
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Latest Images & Videos Uploaded

Rochester, Michigan USA - 29 April 2023 - Nurses and radiology techs rally for better wages and and against understaffing at Ascension Providence Roch...
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Rochester, Michigan USA - 29 April 2023 - Nurses and radiology techs rally for better wages and and against understaffing at Ascension Providence Roch...
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Rochester, Michigan USA - 29 April 2023 - Union chief steward Danielle Drouillard speaks as nurses and radiology techs rally for better wages and and ...
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Rochester, Michigan USA - 29 April 2023 - Congressional candidate Diane Young speaks in support of nurses and radiology techs rallying for better wage...
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Rochester, Michigan USA - 29 April 2023 - Former Congressman Andy Levin speaks in support of nurses and radiology techs rallying for better wages and ...
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Rochester, Michigan USA - 29 April 2023 - Former Congressman Andy Levin takes a photo of nurses and radiology techs rallying for better wages and and ...
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Rochester, Michigan USA - 29 April 2023 - Former Congressman Andy Levin speaks in support of nurses and radiology techs rallying for better wages and ...
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Rochester, Michigan USA - 29 April 2023 - Former Congressman Andy Levin speaks in support of nurses and radiology techs rallying for better wages and ...
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Detroit, Michigan - The OneSight Foundation organized a free clinic that offered eye exams and prescription glasses for low-income residents. OneSight...
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Detroit, Michigan - The OneSight Foundation organized a free clinic that offered eye exams and prescription glasses for low-income residents. OneSight...
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Photographer's Choice

Sterling Heights, Michigan - Assembly line for the 2007 Chrysler Sebring sedan at DaimlerChrysler´s Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
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Sterling Heights, Michigan - Members of the United Auto Workers union assemble the 2007 Chrysler Sebring sedan at DaimlerChrysler´s Sterling Heights A...
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Washington, DC - Volunteers serve food to the hungry at an outdoor soup kitchen The volunteer project was one of many Martin Luther King Day communit...
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Rochester Hills, Michigan - Unemployed residents of the Detroit area lined up to apply for 200 jobs at a new Meijer store
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Detroit, Michigan - Elementary school children on the playground at Friends School in Detroit MR
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Mancelona, Michigan - A worker struggles with a hose while dismantling a natural gas drilling rig in the Antrim Shale field of northern Michigan
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Charlevoix, Michigan - Mariel West, not quite 2, tries cross-country skiing MR
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Detroit, Michigan - Security personnel stand watch as President Barack Obama arrives at Detroit Metro Airport on Air Force 1
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Detroit, Michigan - Workers wearing protective clothing burn parts of River Rouge Park with the aim of eliminating invasive species After the fire, s...
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Lexington, Nebraska - A worker loads bales of hay on a truck in a farm field
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Sturgis, South Dakota - Black Hills National Cemetery
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Amana, Iowa - A worker runs a warping creel at the Amana Woolen Mill The machine gathers up to 240 strands of yarn that will later be woven into clot...
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Gillette, Wyoming - An aerial view of a surface coal mine in Wyoming´s Powder River Basin The Powder River Basin is the largest coal mining region in...
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Detroit, Michigan - Emissions at dawn from Chrysler´s Jefferson North Assembly Plant
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Detroit, Michigan - The Tesla Model S electric sports car on display at the 2010 North American International Auto Show
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Toledo, Ohio - A kindergarten girl works on a computer at East Side Central Elementary School in the Toledo public school system
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Phoenix, Arizona - A chain gang of woman inmates in Maricopa County jails is supervised by a mail and female guard
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Moundsville, West Virginia - The West Virginia Penitentiary The building was constructed in 1866 and closed in 1995 after a court ruled that the pris...
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Chelsea, Michigan - A worker at Chelsea Milling Company monitors a mixing machine The company makes a variety of prepared baking mix products under t...
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Shipshewana, Indiana - The Shipshewana Volunteer Fire Department at a barn fire The fire fighters purposely burned the derelict barn as a favor to th...
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