James Maher Photography

10/29/2025

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03/26/2024

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01/08/2022

Free PDF download: LOT: The Parking Lot & Gas Station (C2H Photography Magazine Issue #1).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c7lwvz19p9wa7q9/lot.pdf?dl=0

Hey all - to accompany the print edition, I'm releasing the PDF of the magazine for free here. A ton of work went into it and it's fascinating, so please check it out!

As part of the Close to Home Photography Salon, we just released our first zine with photographs taken entirely in parking lots and gas stations.

The magazine consists of 122 pages, 3 features, and 128 photographs by 64 photographers from around the world. There is a combined feature of historic gas station photos from photographer and former NYC taxi driver Matt Weber in the ‘80s and Farm Security Administration photographer John Vachon, from the ‘40s. And the final feature is photos from the Speedway project.

12/08/2021

Just released! LOT: The Parking Lot & Gas Station

As part of the Close to Home Photography Salon, we just released our first zine with photographs taken entirely in parking lots and gas stations. I know that might sound a little banal, but I promise it turned out fascinating.

The zine is being sold for cost and it consists of 122 pages (it’s more like a book), 3 features, and 128 photographs by 64 photographers from around the world. There is a combined feature of historic gas station photos from photographer and former NYC taxi driver Matt Weber in the ‘80s and Farm Security Administration photographer John Vachon, from the ‘40s. And the final feature is about my Speedway project.

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/james-maher/lot/paperback/product-w8pd7v.html?page=1&pageSize=4

07/19/2021

Just put up a tongue-in-cheek article, probably the most fun thing I've written - The 8 Unfortunate Stages That Every Street Photographer Goes Through.

Here’s a description of the progression of your everyday street photographer. I’ll just get right to it, but please take this as tongue in cheek! 1. The Brick Phase After watching the Vivian Maier documentary

06/06/2021

Hey all - if you're looking to gain some inspiration, community, and an extensive photography education, we're looking for a few new members for the Close to Home Photo Salon.

The Salon is an intimate group-based photography community founded upon a social observance and street photography style.

Check the link to learn more. We follow a very broad view of what this type of photography is and where it can be done.

Join an intimate community of social and street photographers from around the globe. Let us help you build a strong body of personal work.

06/01/2021

For those of you struggling with motivation in your photography right now, I wrote a post on how to deal with this and how to feel more inspired.

Looking to find motivation in your photography or feeling down about your work and process? This post explores a variety of ways to get out of that funk.

03/30/2021

Are You a Photo Weirdo?

Here's a new post where I talk about anxiety and its relationship to my work and projects.

With Spring here, I think it’s time to fully embrace your inner photo weirdo. Seriously, hear me out.  If you missed the Street Photography Anywhere class, a common comment was how uncomfortable people were to

03/15/2021

For anyone who missed the previous webinar and wants to attend live, I'm running it back with my friends at Digital Photo Mentor on March 18th at 8pm EST (6pm MST).

Click the link to register for FREE here.

https://digitalphotomentor.webinarninja.com/live-webinars/705308/register?in_tok=975df9a8-32f0-44b6-9a5e-1e1fe7ca5f5f&fbclid=IwAR2MQUksUoalAOT13yFy4vAMCTHMgdx3R8B1rV2Botr8BvKOpne0BL8dsLU

03/07/2021

Grab some coffee and check out the replay!

From Cities to Suburbs: How to Do Street Photography No Matter Where You Are

From Cities to Suburbs: How to Do Street Photography No Matter Where You Are If you find yourself inspired by this video and from this style of shooting and are looking to improve at it, you can click to learn more about The Close to Home Photo Salon. Try the community out with two months […]

03/04/2021

Join me tonight at 8pm EST for a free photo class: From Cities to Suburbs: How to Do Street Photography No Matter Where You Are!

- This free photography class seeks to broaden and inspire your definition of what street photography is and how and where it can be done. From cities to suburbs to remote areas, street photography is just sensibility - a way of seeing - and these types of photographs can be taken anywhere and anyti...