James Whitlow Delano
@jameswhitlowdelano.bsky.social
Reportage & street photog - 100% AI-free. Founder of @everydayclimatechange on IG. Document human rights & environmental projects. Pulitzer Center grantee
www.jameswhitlowdelano.com
www.jameswhitlowdelano.com
The photo/documentary community lost a bright light today.
When I first met Sara Terry in in Perpignan in 2012, I knew I'd encountered a force of nature.
RIP, Sara. You have changed the world for the better with your consistent voice advocating for justice.
When I first met Sara Terry in in Perpignan in 2012, I knew I'd encountered a force of nature.
RIP, Sara. You have changed the world for the better with your consistent voice advocating for justice.
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The photo/documentary community lost a bright light today.
When I first met Sara Terry in in Perpignan in 2012, I knew I'd encountered a force of nature.
RIP, Sara. You have changed the world for the better with your consistent voice advocating for justice.
When I first met Sara Terry in in Perpignan in 2012, I knew I'd encountered a force of nature.
RIP, Sara. You have changed the world for the better with your consistent voice advocating for justice.
My latest story published in Geographical Magazine, the Royal Geographic Society's magazine, entitled, "Whose Beach Am I Lying On" about land grabs of indigenous territory in Palawan, Philippines.
October 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
My latest story published in Geographical Magazine, the Royal Geographic Society's magazine, entitled, "Whose Beach Am I Lying On" about land grabs of indigenous territory in Palawan, Philippines.
Red carpet for Vlad in Alaska. No red carpet for Zelensky. Exactly what kind of country's passport do I hold?
August 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Red carpet for Vlad in Alaska. No red carpet for Zelensky. Exactly what kind of country's passport do I hold?
Burmese girl running. Mingyun, Myanmar
August 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Burmese girl running. Mingyun, Myanmar
When it rains in Japan, lean into it.
July 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
When it rains in Japan, lean into it.
There was some rumor that the world was coming to an end in Japan on 5 July.
5 July is here.
Now, if you'll excuse me while I pick up my new pair of glasses...
5 July is here.
Now, if you'll excuse me while I pick up my new pair of glasses...
July 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
There was some rumor that the world was coming to an end in Japan on 5 July.
5 July is here.
Now, if you'll excuse me while I pick up my new pair of glasses...
5 July is here.
Now, if you'll excuse me while I pick up my new pair of glasses...
I saw some impressive text in a post on another platform yesterday – too good.
So I thought it would be fun to run it through two AI/GTP check sites, to be sure.
The disappointing result…👇
So I thought it would be fun to run it through two AI/GTP check sites, to be sure.
The disappointing result…👇
July 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I saw some impressive text in a post on another platform yesterday – too good.
So I thought it would be fun to run it through two AI/GTP check sites, to be sure.
The disappointing result…👇
So I thought it would be fun to run it through two AI/GTP check sites, to be sure.
The disappointing result…👇
This Hokkaido beach where ice floes, snow, sand and a single carriage train meet.
June 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This Hokkaido beach where ice floes, snow, sand and a single carriage train meet.
I don't think it is a hornet...but it may well be an invasive species. This is a Japanese "murder" hornet (I live in Japan) and you do not want to get on the business end of this insect.
June 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I don't think it is a hornet...but it may well be an invasive species. This is a Japanese "murder" hornet (I live in Japan) and you do not want to get on the business end of this insect.
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
June 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
I voted against Reagan, "W" twice, Trump 3X but that is the kind of footage Chinese trolls are posting. So, in honor of the "great" PLA, share this...👇
June 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I voted against Reagan, "W" twice, Trump 3X but that is the kind of footage Chinese trolls are posting. So, in honor of the "great" PLA, share this...👇
Kind of surprised to see Fuji-san from the Shinkansen today, being "tsuyu" (rainy season).
June 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Kind of surprised to see Fuji-san from the Shinkansen today, being "tsuyu" (rainy season).
Yes. This is playing out exactly how we knew it would.
June 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Yes. This is playing out exactly how we knew it would.
So, it's about rewriting/gaslighting Jan 6 history...
June 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
So, it's about rewriting/gaslighting Jan 6 history...
9/ Logging is rampant just over the crest of those peaks on the Kelantan side. Malaysia
Photo# 6: Forest, tiger and other megafauna habitat, absolutely decimated by loggers and bulldozers, under the guise of selective logging, on the road to Pos Pasik. Kelantan, Malaysia.
Photo# 6: Forest, tiger and other megafauna habitat, absolutely decimated by loggers and bulldozers, under the guise of selective logging, on the road to Pos Pasik. Kelantan, Malaysia.
June 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
9/ Logging is rampant just over the crest of those peaks on the Kelantan side. Malaysia
Photo# 6: Forest, tiger and other megafauna habitat, absolutely decimated by loggers and bulldozers, under the guise of selective logging, on the road to Pos Pasik. Kelantan, Malaysia.
Photo# 6: Forest, tiger and other megafauna habitat, absolutely decimated by loggers and bulldozers, under the guise of selective logging, on the road to Pos Pasik. Kelantan, Malaysia.
8/ once stood here - until very recently part of the shrinking habitat for the critically endangered Malayan tiger. Near Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia
Photo# 5: The pristine rainforest, part of the Central Forest Spine on the Perak side of the Titiwangsa/Banjaran Besar Range.
Photo# 5: The pristine rainforest, part of the Central Forest Spine on the Perak side of the Titiwangsa/Banjaran Besar Range.
June 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
8/ once stood here - until very recently part of the shrinking habitat for the critically endangered Malayan tiger. Near Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia
Photo# 5: The pristine rainforest, part of the Central Forest Spine on the Perak side of the Titiwangsa/Banjaran Besar Range.
Photo# 5: The pristine rainforest, part of the Central Forest Spine on the Perak side of the Titiwangsa/Banjaran Besar Range.
7/ is also one of the oldest forests on earth. Near Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia
Photo# 4: Clear-cut, denuded hills that have been terraced in preparation for a new, monoculture oil palm plantation where the most diverse ecosystem on the planet, the Malaysian rainforest,...
Photo# 4: Clear-cut, denuded hills that have been terraced in preparation for a new, monoculture oil palm plantation where the most diverse ecosystem on the planet, the Malaysian rainforest,...
June 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
7/ is also one of the oldest forests on earth. Near Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia
Photo# 4: Clear-cut, denuded hills that have been terraced in preparation for a new, monoculture oil palm plantation where the most diverse ecosystem on the planet, the Malaysian rainforest,...
Photo# 4: Clear-cut, denuded hills that have been terraced in preparation for a new, monoculture oil palm plantation where the most diverse ecosystem on the planet, the Malaysian rainforest,...
6/ logging. It is a red flag, indicating severe habitat destruction upstream.
Photo# 3: Malaysia's largest expense of lowland rainforest, the most diverse ecosystem on the planet. The 434,300 hectare/ 1.1 million acre rainforest of Taman Negara National Park...
Photo# 3: Malaysia's largest expense of lowland rainforest, the most diverse ecosystem on the planet. The 434,300 hectare/ 1.1 million acre rainforest of Taman Negara National Park...
June 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
6/ logging. It is a red flag, indicating severe habitat destruction upstream.
Photo# 3: Malaysia's largest expense of lowland rainforest, the most diverse ecosystem on the planet. The 434,300 hectare/ 1.1 million acre rainforest of Taman Negara National Park...
Photo# 3: Malaysia's largest expense of lowland rainforest, the most diverse ecosystem on the planet. The 434,300 hectare/ 1.1 million acre rainforest of Taman Negara National Park...
5/ where recent fatal tiger attacks have occurred. Pulau Setelu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
A healthy river of this size, draining a rainforest, should be green or slightly tanic brown, not bright orange, the color of the subsoil, once the thin topsoil has completely washed away after...
A healthy river of this size, draining a rainforest, should be green or slightly tanic brown, not bright orange, the color of the subsoil, once the thin topsoil has completely washed away after...
June 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
5/ where recent fatal tiger attacks have occurred. Pulau Setelu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
A healthy river of this size, draining a rainforest, should be green or slightly tanic brown, not bright orange, the color of the subsoil, once the thin topsoil has completely washed away after...
A healthy river of this size, draining a rainforest, should be green or slightly tanic brown, not bright orange, the color of the subsoil, once the thin topsoil has completely washed away after...
4/ in the Belum Rainforest along the Perak River, the homeland of the indigenous Jahai people. Royal Belum State Park, Perak, Malaysia.
Photo# 2: The Sungai Betis (Betis River) runs orange with soil washed down from the intense logging conducted in Temiar territory...
Photo# 2: The Sungai Betis (Betis River) runs orange with soil washed down from the intense logging conducted in Temiar territory...
June 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
4/ in the Belum Rainforest along the Perak River, the homeland of the indigenous Jahai people. Royal Belum State Park, Perak, Malaysia.
Photo# 2: The Sungai Betis (Betis River) runs orange with soil washed down from the intense logging conducted in Temiar territory...
Photo# 2: The Sungai Betis (Betis River) runs orange with soil washed down from the intense logging conducted in Temiar territory...
3/ it washes into rivers, turning them orange and suffocating fish. Unlike in middle latitudes, the biomass is almost entirely above ground. Cut the forest and it can take centuries, maybe a millennia, to grow back, if it can at all.
Photo# 1: Dipterocarp flowering season deep...
Photo# 1: Dipterocarp flowering season deep...
June 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
3/ it washes into rivers, turning them orange and suffocating fish. Unlike in middle latitudes, the biomass is almost entirely above ground. Cut the forest and it can take centuries, maybe a millennia, to grow back, if it can at all.
Photo# 1: Dipterocarp flowering season deep...
Photo# 1: Dipterocarp flowering season deep...
2/ – a total of over 200 species of terrestrial animals, over 300 species of birds, over 1000 species of butterfly and over 14,500 species of flowering plants and trees.
It is also deeply fragile. Cut down the forest, expose the tiny layer of soil to tropical rains,...
It is also deeply fragile. Cut down the forest, expose the tiny layer of soil to tropical rains,...
June 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
2/ – a total of over 200 species of terrestrial animals, over 300 species of birds, over 1000 species of butterfly and over 14,500 species of flowering plants and trees.
It is also deeply fragile. Cut down the forest, expose the tiny layer of soil to tropical rains,...
It is also deeply fragile. Cut down the forest, expose the tiny layer of soil to tropical rains,...