James Sidney is an author

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, photographer and filmmaker born in Australia in but was raised in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

Sidney's photography has been featured in Canadian Geographic

Canadian Geographic

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, Nature Canada

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, Photo Life, The Globe and Mail

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, The National Post and others. His first coffee-table book, Images of Our Inheritance, published by Whitecap Books, explored Canada's endangered landscapes through essays and photography. His second book, The Warrior's Path, published by Key Porter Books and Shambhala, is a collection of photographs and interviews with historically significant martial artists.

As a filmmaker, Sidney has produced documentaries for Canadian environmental and governmental agencies. He is currently producing a feature length documentary on O-Sensei Masami Tsuruoka

Masami Tsuruoka

Masami Tsuruoka O.Ont is a Canadian born karate instructor and practitioner recognized as "The Father of Canadian Karate" by Black Belt Magazine. Although mainly responsible for establishing the Chito-ryu style in Canada, Tsuruoka is also known as founder of his own karate style known as Tsuruoka...

, the recognized "father of Canadian karate."

External links

• http://www.jamessidney.com
• http://ejmas.com/tin/2004tin/tinart_sidney_0104.html