| Full Name | James “Jimmy” Philip Nelson |
| Date of Birth | 1967 |
| Place of Birth | Sevenoaks, Kent, England |
| Age | 56–57 (as of 2023) |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | Dutch |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Specialization | Portraits of tribal and Indigenous peoples |
| Early Life | I spent my childhood in Africa, Asia, and South America; my father was a geologist for the International Shell |
| Education | Attended Stonyhurst College, a Jesuit boarding school in Lancashire, UK |
| Health | Developed Alopecia totalis at age 16 due to stress and reaction to malaria medication |
| First Major Expedition | Trekked the length of Tibet on foot at age 17, took photographs that were later published by English National Geographic |
| Early Career | Documented war zones in Afghanistan, Kashmir, Yugoslavia, Somalia, and El Salvador; worked as a photojournalist until age 24 |
| Major Commission | Commissioned by Shell Oil in 1992 to produce “Literary Portraits of China”, traveled across China for 30 months |
| Commercial Work | Began working in commercial advertising from 1997 onwards, while continuing to collect images of remote cultures |
| Notable Works | Photographs of tribal and Indigenous peoples |
| Website | jimmy nelson |
