James Rajotte is a photographer currently living in upstate New York. James studied Geographic Information Science at Penn State University and went on to receive his MFA in Visual Studies from the Visual Studies Workshop. James is currently an Adjunct Professor of Photography at Rochester Institute of Technology and a freelance editorial photographer contributing regularly to The New York Times and other publications.

James was a "Hot Shot." in the Summer of 2006 and was most recently among Photolucida's Critical Mass Top 50.