Specializing in large-format black-and-white architectural documentation meeting HABS and HAER Standards.

James Norman studied photography under Dr. John Pennybacker and Murray Stone, and has been a professional architectural photographer for over 20 years. He has written three books on the architectural and engineering history of Oregon, including Portland's Architectural Heritage, the seminal Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon, and an intriguing rephotographic survey, Oregon Main Street. He recently collaborated with Sharon Wood Wortman to produce a new, 3rd edition of The Portland Bridge Book, which was released in November 2006, and features the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) photography taken by Mr. Norman for the 1999-2000 HAER Recordation Project of the Willamette River Bridges of Portland.

A photograph of the Yaquina Bay Bridge along the Oregon Coast Highway, taken for the National Historic Landmark nomination, and included in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress.

James Norman's documentary photography has been widely published, and exhibited in galleries from Kawagoe, Japan to Washington, DC. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the President's Advisory Council for Historic Preservation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Register of Historic Places, the National Park Service, the Oregon Historical Society, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Mr. Norman's photography is also included in the permanent collections of the Seattle Art Museum, the Portland Art Museum, and the Photographer's Forum, Santa Barbara, CA.