In 2000, a year out of college, Brandon James went to study at the Maine Photographic Workshops; he wound up staying on to TA and work for two more years. In 2003, he moved to Taos, New Mexico, where he worked as a darkroom manager for the fine art photographer Chuck Henningsen. Brandon currently oversees Palm Press Atelier in Concord, Massachusetts, where he continues to make art in collaboration with others, and on his own.