James Mollison is a British photographer who lives in Venice. His work is defined by original concepts applied to social and cultural themes. He is the author of ‘Where Children Sleep’, an ongoing project about children around the world and their bedrooms.
His work has appeared in publications throughout the world. Mollison started life in Kenya in 1973 and grew up in England. After studying Art and Design at Oxford Brookes University and then film and photography at Newport School of Art and Design, he moved to Italy to work at Benetton’s creative lab, Fabrica. From 2011 - 2014 Mollison worked as creative editor of Colors Magazine with Patrick Waterhouse. In 2009 he won the Royal Photographic Society’s Vic Odden Award for notable achievement in the art of photography by a British photographer aged 35 or under.
