In establishing the jimbatty.com image library, I bring together 18 years of experience in both travel/pictorial photography and corporate design for print and the internet.

For the past three years I have focused my attention on building the collection of photographs you find here concerning London and the River Thames.

Born and raised in Canada, I was first seduced by London in 1982 and have lived here ever since. London is the most exciting city in the world — in a large part because it is a city that changes. It has visually (and politically and socially) changed enormously over the last 20 years and it continues to do so - most dramatically expressed in the development of Docklands, the City, Bankside and the South Bank.

I draw on an intimate and expanding knowledge of London and I take inspiration from the historically rich and beautiful countryside on the city's doorstep and along the River Thames. The Thames is one of the most interesting and accessible of river routes – whether you follow it on foot, by cycle, or by 'simply messing about in boats'. Uncountable journeys have been made along every mile of this great river and through its towns and villages to produce these images.

My photographs of central France (on-line 2006) reflect a 12-year love affair with this vast, spectacular, volcanic, remote, pious, medieval, modern and resourceful region.

Previous personal projects include documenting aspects of Pakistan, Xinjiang in the Chinese far west, and Northeast Thailand.

My design work includes a wide array of promotional and communication materials and publications for organisations such as software developers Lotus Development, London management consultants OPM, and engineering and town planning consultants Dar Al-Handasah.

In 2002, I was awarded an MPhil in Philosophy from Birkbeck College, University of London for my thesis An Intentional Understanding of Photographs, as well as research into aesthetics and ethics.

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