It is a non-profit organisation based in Atlanta and in New York City.
The press was founded and is run by Jason Fulford and Leanne Shapton.
[1] Fulford is a publisher, editor and book designer.
[2] Primarily, J&L publishes books of photography, but also publishes books of drawing, fiction, non-fiction, and video art in DVD-form.
Among the artists published by J&L are Harrell Fletcher, Bertrand Fleuret, Gregory Halpern, Corin Hewitt, Amy O'Neill, Ed Panar, Gus Powell, Michael Schmelling and Mike Slack.