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James Barry Knox Photography bio picture

Welcome to the view through my eyes.

James has been photographing and writing about the San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene since 2002 after attending the Monterey Jazz Festival for his first time.  His writing has been featured online on Jazz Review and Blogcritics. His photographs have been featured in the SF Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition, Visiting Oakland Tourist Guide and album covers and for local and national jazz musicians. He is also a contributing photographer for Cuisine Noir Magazine and SFJAZZ.

His jazz photography has been exhibited at the San Francisco Main Public Library (2007), The Jazzschool in Berkeley (2008) , Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose (2010) for Jazz Appreciation Month, San Leandro Public Library (2010) and Berkeley Public Library (2011).

James received awards for his photo submissions in the Visiting Oakland Photo Contest in 2010 and 2011.

He credits love for jazz and photography to his parents, Ritson and Elizabeth Knox.

His work can be seen at http://www.j-notes.com and http://www.pixelbarry.com.

Monthly Archives: September 2010

Amanda King @ The Rrazz Room

Sunday, September 12, 2010 Posted in Jazz, Photography, Singers

Chanteuse Amanda King belting her heart out on a ballad at The Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. You can see more photos of Amanda, here.

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School is in session!

Sunday, September 5, 2010 Posted in Architecture, Photography

Frank C. Havens Elementary School – Piedmont, California After a two year building project, the Frank C. Havens Elementary School opened on 9/1. I have been watching the building of this school. It is a beautiful building and I really like how it blends in with the neighborhood. You can see more photos here.

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