Jim Alexander was born on August 7, 1935 in Waldwick, NJ as one of 13 children born to David and Frances James Alexander. After serving four years in the U.S. Navy Alexander returned to New Jersey putting photography on the back burner for several years before deciding to enroll in New York Institute of Photography (NYIP). Alexander earned a degree in commercial photography from NYIP and he went on to earn a certificate in business organization and management from Rutgers University. This vast collection spans from the 1960s up to the present and encompasses a wide range of subjects from the human rights and civil rights movements, music, art, politics and everyday people who were unwavering in their pursuit of justice. Atlanta became home to Jim Alexander and his family in 1976 after he accepted a position as the director of audiovisual communications for the Atlanta Office of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives. Since that time, Alexander has had over sixty solo exhibits and taught photography at Yale University, five other colleges, was photographer in residence at Atlanta’s Neighborhood Arts Center for four years, and spent five years as photographer in residence at Clark Atlanta University. His work is in numerous major collections including the Museum Of Contemporary Art Georgia (MOCA, GA), Stuart A. Rose MARBL Collection at Emory University, Paul R. Jones Collections, CAU Galleries, the Smithsonian, AUC Library Collection, Harvey B. Gantt Center Art Collection, the Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta Airport Collection.