Resumé - Jim Gavenus is an internationally recognized documentary photographer. Witnessing the beauty and heartache of the world first hand, his intimate images and poignant storytelling are evidence of our time. His projects focusing on the human condition, social injustice and civil rights have won him numerous awards, including the Gordon Parks Documentary Photographer of the Year Award.

His editorial work covers a range of events both large and small, with an emphasis on the music industry. His work appears for Sony Music, Columbia Records, Lost Highway Records, Merlefest, FarmAid and numerous publications. He has worked with more than 30 Hall of Fame musicians and his work is featured in the North Carolina Bluegrass Hall of Fame.

Gavenus has exhibited his work in galleries and museums around the world and is represented in the permanent collections of the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, The Gordon Parks Center of Photography, Fort Scott, Kansas, The New York Historical Society, New York, New York and Mother Jones, San Francisco, California. The National Voting Rights Museum, Selma, Alabama, prominently displays more than 50 of his images documenting the history of The Civil Rights Movement.

He lives in Pennsylvania, teaches photography, lectures, exhibits and works throughout the United States.

Exhibits - Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, The Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity, Fort Scott, Kansas, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York, Windmann Art Gallery, Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, The Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York, New York Public Library, New York, New York, New Yok Historical Society, New York, New York, Homer Arts Council, Homer, Alaska, Shulmann Gallery, Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Camera Works Gallery, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Arts Youniverse, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania