July • 2021
Jim was incredible! His work is outstanding and he is so thorough. He's easy to work with and I entirely trusted his vision for the b-roll we collected. The footage of the cement plant we toured for this story came out beautifully!
JAMES W.
Philadelphia, PA, USA
7 reviews$250 - $700 / Day
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James Wasserman is an experienced and accomplished photojournalist working in stills and video for editorial and news outlets. Over the past ten years he has specialized in China/Asia stories but is now located in Philadelphia. Recent Clients include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, The Guardian, Apple, Audi, Mercedes, Siemens and Otis.
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November • 2022
James was awesome, his work ethic is excellent and we would work with him again.
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Produced for Kitchen Garden Series
Flax: Cultivated for Linen
Heidi Barr of Kitchen Garden Series is going to explore what it would take to bring back flax production to a region that once was a source of American flax production. She hopes to learn from this first planting what it will take to bring back local production from overseas.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Production Company
Tide Field-Stacy Levy-Art@Bartram’s
A commissioned work by Mural Arts Philadelphia about Stacy Levy's project called Tide Field, a site specific work on the Schuylkill River from Bartram's Garden up to center city, Philadelphia. Her art creates a colorful gauge that brings attention to the natural forces that we interact with everyday.
- Documentary DP
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- Video Editor - Documentary
- Field Producer
Fairmount Park Conservancy-Every Season-Annual Appeals Series
Produced, Directed, Shot and was Associate Editor on Fairmount Park Conservancy's annual donation appeals. This is the first video in a four part series released over a month
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- Video Editor - Documentary
Greater and Greener2021
A commissioned promotional video for the City of Philadelphia
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Glowing Gardens. An artist profile about a piece commissioned by the Fairmount Park Conservancy
A piece for the Fairmount Park Conservancy focused on the Conservancy's art commission for their annual fundraiser/party called Glow. Artists David Guinn and Robert Goodman created a piece called Glowing Gardens that playoff the Horticultural Center's 19th century landscape design by using light and geometry creating a mesmerizing futuristic vision.
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- Creative Director
Fairmount Park Conservancy-Every Body-Annual Appeals Series
Produced, Directed, Shot and was Associate Editor on a four part series for the Fairmount Park Conservancy Annual Appeals Series. Every Body was the second in a four part series .
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- Video Editor - Documentary
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- External Recorder
- Shoulder Rig
- Slider
- Stabilizer
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- News Shooter / Video Journalist
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- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
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