James L Rhem

James Rhem is an independent scholar in the history of photography. His previous books include Ralph Eugene Meatyard: The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater and Other Figurative Photographs (New York: D.A.P., 2002), the Photo Poche Ralp Eugene Meatyard (Paris: Editions Nathan, 2000), and the Phaidon 55 Aaron Siskind (London: Phaidon Press, 2003). He has written catalogue essays on Wynn Bullock (Chicago: Daiter Gallery, 2002) and articles on August Sander and William Eggleson for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's photography newsletter, fotoforum Fall/Winter 2002-2004, as well as numerous reviews of photographic exhibitions for local and regional publications. He took a doctorate in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979 and is the founding Executive Editor of The National Teaching & Learning FORUM, a publication on college teaching that he created in 1990. His involvement with photography, which began as a teenager, is both aesthetic and technical. He has been an exhibiting photographer whose work has been shown in nationally juried exhibitions. At least one of his regional exhibitions included only photography created via antique processes.