Jim Mortram Explained

Jim A. Mortram (born 10 September 1971)[1] is a British social documentary photographer and writer, based in Dereham, Norfolk.[2] [3] His ongoing project using photography and writing, Small Town Inertia, records the lives of a number of disadvantaged and marginalised people living near to his home,[4] in order to tell stories he believes are under-reported. This work is published on his website, in a few zines published in 2013,[5] and in the book Small Town Inertia (2017).

Small Town Inertia

Mortram began the Small Town Inertia website in 2006 with the "Market Town" stories. Its name is a reference to the market town of Dereham, where he lives, fifteen miles west of the city of Norwich in Norfolk. Through photography, his writing and the subject's own words, Mortram records the lives of the disadvantaged and marginalised, making repeated visits with a number of people living within three miles of his home.[6] Small Town Inertia tells stories of "isolation, poverty, drug abuse, homelessness, self-harm, mental illness, juvenile crime, and epilepsy", that Mortram believes are otherwise under-reported.

Dave Stelfox wrote in The Guardian that "Mortram's rich, black-and-white images possess a timeless quality that invites easy comparison with the classic documentary work of such British photographers as Chris Steele Perkins, Paul Trevor and Chris Killip."

Publications

Publications by Mortram

Zines by Mortram

Publications with contributions by Mortram

Solo exhibitions

Awards

Notes

  1. "About". Facebook. Accessed 23 April 2017
  2. News: 'I photograph people who don't have a voice': Jim Mortram's Norfolk portraits. 19 February 2014 . 22 April 2017. Dave . Stelfox . .
  3. News: Jim Mortram's Small Town Inertia. 27 September 2012 . 22 April 2017 . Phil . Coomes . .
  4. Web site: Metering masterclass: achieving perfect exposures in different lighting conditions. 23 July 2016 . 23 April 2017 . .
  5. Web site: Café Royal Publish Exactly One Great Photobook Every Week. 25 November 2014 . 23 April 2017 . Amelia . Abraham . .
  6. News: Photographer Jim Mortram gives new voice to marginalised in Market Town. 25 Jul 2012 . 22 April 2017. Ross . McGuinness . .
  7. Electric Tears and All Their Portent in the Café Royal Books archive.
  8. Living with Epilepsy in the Café Royal Books archive.
  9. Small Town Inertia: Diary Entries in the Café Royal Books archive.
  10. Small Town Inertia: Diary Entries 2 in the Café Royal Books archive.
  11. Web site: Small Town Inertia – Jim Mortram | Bank Street Arts . 2017-04-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151230115637/http://bankstreetarts.com/exhibitions/small-town-inertia-jim-motram/ . 2015-12-30 . dead .
  12. Web site: 2020-08-11. Small Town Inertia. Small Town Inertia.
  13. Web site: Small Town Inertia. 8 January 2013 . 23 April 2017 . Gareth . .
  14. Web site: Small Town Inertia. 23 April 2017 . Photoville .
  15. Web site: Exhibition – Small Town Inertia. 23 April 2017 . .
  16. Web site: Jim Mortram 28 August 3 September 2014. Camden Image Gallery .
  17. Web site: 2019-01-21. J A Mortram: Small Town Inertia. Amber Film & Photography Collective.
  18. Web site: 2019-01-21. Q&A: JA Mortram on his ten-year project Small Town Inertia. 7 January 2019. British Journal of Photography.
  19. 2013 . Ones to Watch: Jim Mortram . . 160 . 7808 . 50–51.

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