Jon James

Jon James

With three decades of evolving an enigmatic relationship with water, Jon James has
evolved as ‘Jack Tar and Co.’ He has been immersed by the depths and embraced
by the shallows of water since infancy. A seafarer by definition, Jack Tar and Co.
embodies both the sailor that once was and the support of the ship’s company afar
although eternally close to heart.

Water Bending Off A Rock remains a work in progress that appears to be the only
remedy for a melancholic castaway madness – in its simplicity and beauty – a
reflection of an escape to the natural world. This series of photographs represents
the endless flow of the water cycle and how water continues on a path, always
adapting to its surrounds on its endeavors.

Jack Tar and Co. embarks on journeys from coastal rocky outcrops to lush dense
forests, following the path of water from storm cells. It is set to remind us of the value
of water as a natural commodity and its decreasing supply as a natural resource
through this epoch. Jack Tar and Co. welcomes you to a soft and subtle style that is
untethered from the inherent sharpness of foundational photographic principles.