James Bugg
02—15.11.2026

James Bugg (b.1996) is a documentary photographer & filmmaker based in Victoria’s High Country. He received his MA from Photography Studies College in 2023. Bugg is interested in narratives exploring the relationships between people, place and circumstance. Bugg was selected as British Journal of Photography’s ‘Ones to Watch’ in 2022. He was the recipient of the 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize and received the People’s Choice Award in the 2018 Australian Photobook of the Year Award, for his self published book The Pines.

He is a member of Australian photography collective Oculi and has recently exhibited works as a part of PHOTO 2024 International Festival of Photography.