James B. Norman

James Burton Norman Jr. (born 1952) is an American photographer, author, and cultural historian.

As an architectural photographer, he has documented more than 200 of Oregon's historic architectural and engineering resources for the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)[1] and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS),[2] and was the Project Photographer for the 1999 HAER Willamette River Bridges Recordation Project[3] sponsored by the National Park Service, and for the National Historic Landmark nomination for the Oregon Coast Bridges of Conde B. McCullough.

Norman has authored, photographed, and produced several books on Oregon's architectural and engineering heritage (see List of Works below).

Norman's documentary photography has been widely published, and is included in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), the National Register of Historic Places, the President’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution and the Oregon Historical Society.

[5] Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, Mr. Norman obtained his Bachelors of Science from Louisiana State University, and currently resides in Salem, Oregon.