About

I am an independent documentary photographer who recently migrated from NYC to the Catskills hamlet of Bloomville, NY. Besides photographing garbage collection and rare menorahs for the metro section I have documented conflict and crisis in East Ukraine, South Sudan, and Greece. Since starting work as a photojournalist in 2014 I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Politico Magazine, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy Magazine, and National Geographic online. Before photojournalism I toiled in broadcast news for 6 years in Washington, D.C. where I covered the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, the White House and breaking news in the DMV. In October of 2018, I was a student at the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXI where I learned how to push cars out of the mud and I recently concluded my graduate coursework in photography at the S.I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University.  

P.S.: I have completed HEFAT and own body armor.

Email: jsprankle7@gmail.com

US Phone: 239-849-7801

Skype: jsprankleii

Instagram: @jamessprankle

Recent Publication Links: 

• The New York Times: Why Farmer’s Markets Matter More Than Ever

• The Wall Street Journal: In Manhattan’s Diamond District, Haggling is Half the Fun

• The Wall Street Journal: One Last Shot for a Historic Manhattan Bar

• The New York Times: Nail Clippers, a Parking Meter and a River Barge: This is N.Y.C.’s Yard Sale

• The Wall Street Journal: Three Prison Inmates Beat Harvard in a Debate. Here’s What Happened Next

• The Virginia Quarterly Review: Tropicana Day Trip

• The Wall Street Journal: At Some New York Diners, Customers Grab A Booth To Celebrate Thanksgiving

• The Wall Street Journal: How Much Is Your Old Menorah Worth

• Chase Sapphire & Atlas Obscura: A Journey Through Time on the New York Subway System

• Blue Point Brewing Company & Atlas Obscura: A Beer-Lover’s Ultimate Summer Friday

• Sotheby’s & Atlas Obscura: A Weekend in The Woolworth Building with a Collection of Rare Manuscripts

• Virginia Quarterly Review: Faith and Its Limits

• Politico Magazine: On the Ground in Moria

• Politico Magazine: Ukraine's Wild East

• Politico Magazine: Back to School on Ukraine's Front Lines

• Foreign Policy Magazine: Anna's Army

• Foreign Policy Magazine: Defending Debaltseve

• Vice News: 'We Want Orders to Attack': Celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day on the Eastern Frontlines

• Radio Free Europe: Spacious Homes Become Soldiers' Barracks In Pisky

• Washington Post: To South Sudan's woes, add famine - 50,000 kids at risk of death

• National Geographic Online: Wrestling Keeps 'Identity of the Nuba' Alive in Sudanese Refugee Camps

• Radio Svoboda: Смертельний пінг-понг із ворогом: робота в окопах українських бійців (фотогалерея)