James Brosher Photography

Portfolio website for James Brosher, a Bloomington, Indiana based editorial and wedding photographer specializing in action, documentary, and portrait images.

Portraits

Dr. Richard Fogel

Earlier this month I photographed Dr. Richard Fogel, a heart doctor at St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis, for a Wall Street Journal story outlining a recent dramatic increase in the price of a pair of heart medications, Isuprel (Isoproterenol) and Nitropress (Nitroprusside Sodium). The price hikes were not a result of improvements but rather the ownership: the prices rose drastically after the rights to the drugs were acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals in earlier this year.

Richard Fogel
Dr. Richard Fogel poses for a portrait on Friday, April 3, 2015, at the St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis. Ascension Health, which operates 131 hospitals across the country including St. Vincent, estimates price hikes to a pair of life-saving heart drugs, Isuprel (Isoproterenol) and Nitropress (Nitroprusside Sodium), will triple its spending on the medications this year. The price hikes were not a result of improvements but rather the ownership: the prices rose drastically after the rights to the drugs were acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals in February. (James Brosher for The Wall Street Journal)
Richard Fogel
Dr. Richard Fogel, right, speaks with a patient Deanna Chrysler, of West York, Ill., during an appointment on Friday, April 3, 2015, at the St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis. (James Brosher for The Wall Street Journal)

Odds and ends for Indiana University

In the past couple of months, I have slacked a bit in blogging my recent work. In that time period, I’ve shot a variety of things from features to portraits to little slices of campus life. Here are a few favorites from my daily work on assignment for Indiana University Communications:

Becca Niles
Becca Niles, a Stacks Unit Manager at the Herman B Wells Library, moves books from a shelf in the stacks on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in the East tower of the library. Niles had the most individual competitions (30) in Healthy IU’s Climb IU challenge. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
Lillian Casillas-Origel
Lillian Casillas-Origel, director of La Casa, Latino Cultural Center, shares a laugh during a Colectiva Dinner on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at the center. (James Brosher/IU Communications)

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Barbara

I shot a few portraits of Barbara before her bridal shower in her hometown of Normal, Illinois this weekend.

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Retired U.S. Army Col. Richard Welch

Last month I had the opportunity to photograph Richard Welch, a retired U.S. Army colonel, for a story in The Wall Street Journal about the U.S. government’s delay in processing visas for Iraqis who assisted Welch and other American troops during the war. With the rise of the Islamic State and other factions hostile to the United States, these Iraqis and their families now find themselves as targets as they wait years for visas to enter the U.S.

Richard Welch
Retired U.S. Army Col. Richard Welch speaks to a colleague as they eat at an off-campus Turkish restaurant near campus on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, in Bloomington, Ind. Welch is a doctoral student in Law and Democracy at the Center for Constitutional Democracy at the IU Maurer School of Law. The only thing on the wall in his shared office is a tourist map of Iraq from 2008. During his time serving in Iraq, Welch relied on several Iraqis to build local support for the U.S. mission. Now the lives of those Iraqis remain in danger as they wait years for visas to enter the U.S. Welch has filed letters of support and says he is ashamed the administration has failed to resettle thousands of those who helped save American and Iraqi lives. (James Brosher for The Wall Street Journal)
Richard Welch
Retired U.S. Army Col. Richard Welch points out areas in Northern Iraq on a tourist map of the country on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, in his office at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. Welch is a doctoral student in Law and Democracy at the Center for Constitutional Democracy at the IU Maurer School of Law. (James Brosher for The Wall Street Journal)
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