James Blakeway
Contemporary artist and photographer James Blakeway was born in Fargo, North Dakota and a received a B.S. in Marketing from the University of North Dakota. He worked for five years with Procter & Gamble in various roles, but then decided he wanted to try something different. In 1988 he traveled to Australia where he was fortunate enough to meet two entrepreneurial men who had done
...see more »a panoramic photograph of Sydney Harbor. Blakeway was smitten. When his visa expired, he returned to the United States to Newport Beach, California, to open his own business.
Blakeway Worldwide Panoramas, Inc. was founded in the back of his garage where he sold the Sydney Harbor posters out of the trunk of his car before moving his business out of state a few years later and eventually locating it in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. His first United States poster was of Marina Del Rey, California. Today, Blakeway creates beautiful photographic cityscapes of cities everywhere in the world.
James Blakeway is known for going to extreme lengths to get his picture, even if it means hanging out of a helicopter or dangling from a crane. He makes sure he gets the shot even if no one else would dare try. That's why his panoramic photographs of famous cities and historical landmarks are so popular. Art galleries, framing and art retailers and photography studios carry his posters and prints worldwide.« see less
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