Galleries
Presidential Campaign Gallery
Presidential Campaign Gallery
Presidential Campaign Gallery
U.S. Presidential Campaigns have always been central to my photojournalism career. I have covered every major candidate for U.S. president in the past 9 presidential campaign cycles which has provided the opportunity to make (or miss) some fun and hopefully illuminating pictures.
Entertainment, Sports & Life
Presidential Campaign Gallery
Presidential Campaign Gallery
One of the main reasons I became a photojournalist is the amazing opportunity to be exposed to a fantastic diversity of people, events and experiences and then try to document and share them with others as best you can. Here is a selection of Entertainment, Sports and Life images from my career.
9/11/2001 & The Aftermath
Presidential Campaign Gallery
9/11/2001 & The Aftermath
The attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 and the aftermath were one of the most emotional and toughest stories that I have covered in my career. The devastation was phenomenal & the effect on the thousands of victims who lost their lives as well as their family members and loved ones was staggering. Here is a small selection of my images related to 9/11.
About Jim Bourg
My Background & Career
Jim Bourg has been a professional photojournalist for more than 35 years for wire services, newspapers and magazines. As of 2024 I am working as a freelance photographer and photo editor, represented by Redux Pictures and accepting assignments directly from news organizations and companies. In 2024 I have extensively covered the U.S. Presidential Campaign for magazines and newspapers and also served as the Chief Official Photographer for the Washington NATO summit as well as the official photographer for the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the IMF for their Annual Meetings. For NATO I hired, organized and ran a team of three other photographers and also served as a photo editor while also photographing the events myself.
In my career I have won awards from the Pictures of the Year (POY) contest, the Boston Press Photographers Association (BPPA), multiple White House News Photographers Association awards, and a "Photographers Giving Back" award for most humorous global photo of the year (Obama & McCain). I have also been part of several projects nominated for Pulitzer prizes.
I started out doing freelance assignments for the Washington Post while still in high school, moved on to working for United Press International (UPI) during and after college, then to working regularly on assignment for The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, People, Prevention, Paris Match, Stern, American Banker, Entrepreneur, UPI, AFP and Reuters. For many years I was represented by the Gamma Liaison photo agency.
Since 1988 I have worked primarily for REUTERS, first as a contract photographer and then as both a staff photographer and manager (Editor In Charge of Washington for Reuters Pictures) for the past 20 years. In that role I supervised a team of staff photographers covering the White House, Capitol Hill, Washington as well as political and general news events across the U.S. and around the world. I have constantly engaged and negotiated with staff at the White House, the State Department, Pentagon, on Capitol Hill, with the Republican and Democratic National Committees, all of the major TV networks, the Commission on Presidential Debates, as well as dozens of other major organizations and governments worldwide.
In this time I have also served as an elected member of the U.S. Senate Standing Committee of Press Photographers for 15 years and as WHNPA Vice President for 10 years. My career has taken me to all 50 U.S. states and more than 30 foreign countries on assignment and I have appreciated every single opportunity it has given me.