James W Popp is an American photographer based in Wisconsin. He is self-taught and began photographing on his regular walks in the forests of Wisconsin and Florida. He moved to Wisconsin almost forty years ago, near the Northern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, which became the subject of his long-term work.
He photographs small pockets of green space that were once heavily used by people and are now growing wild again, looking at their forms, their resilience and their uncertain future. His work has been shown at the Racine Art Museum and the PhotoMidwest biennial, published by the online magazines Don’t Take Pictures and F-Stop, and featured in On Landscape.
