British-born photojournalist James Robert Fuller has been based in Southeast Asia since 1999. James worked with substance abusers on New York City’s Lower East Side before relocating to Thailand and committing himself to photojournalism full-time. Using the northern city of Chiang Mai as his base, James documented ethnic conflict in the Thai-Burmese borderlands, traditional boxing in rural Thailand and social issues in Cambodia.

James’ work for international news media began in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. On assignment to Indonesia for Paris Match magazine, James was the first foreign journalist to transmit images of the destruction at Meulaboh, the closest town to the source of the tsunami. His images of the aftermath feature in Things As They Are: Photojournalism in Context Since 1955 published by World Press Photo and have been projected at the Visa Pour L'Image photojournalism festival.

James has since worked for The New York Times, The Guardian, Paris Match, Sydney Morning Herald and Marie Claire, to name a few.

James is based in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Current ongoing projects document crime in Thailand, ethnic Karen refugee resettlement to the United States and Burma’s remote ethnic militias.