James Whitlow Delano (born 1960) is an American reportage photographer based in Tokyo, Japan.
He has published several books of photography and is known for black and white long-term projects based on human rights, the environment and culture.
Delano's work, mainly from Asia and Latin America, has received many honors internationally including the Alfred Eisenstadt Award,[1] from Picture of the Year International,[2] National Press Photographers Association (N.P.P.A.
[10][11] His book project, The Mercy Project / Inochi,[12] which he created and curated was released in 2010 to help raise funds and awareness for hospice and palliative care in memory of his sister, Jeanne Louise Delano.
[15] In 2021, Delano founded EverydayClimateChange Interviews on YouTube to document the stories of photographers witnessing the climate crisis.