James Clifford Kent (b. 1983) is a London-based photographer and lectures on visual culture at Royal Holloway, University of London. His socially engaged practice and collaborative projects involve developing connections with people and communities. Over the past two decades, James has regularly travelled to Cuba, capturing historic moments, including former Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s funeral in 2016. His award-winning work has featured in numerous publications—including BBC News, British Journal of Photography, British Culture Archive, The Guardian, The Independent, It’s Nice That and The Times. He received his PhD from the University of London in 2012, published Aesthetics and the Revolutionary City: Real and Imagined Havana in 2019, and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2022. James has exhibited work internationally, delivering public talks and workshops at institutions such as the British Library, Fototeca de Cuba and The Photographers' Gallery. Work from NHMN–documenting survival in crisis-hit Cuba–was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024. His long-form project Maternity, supported by CW+ and NHS England, was awarded The Lancet’s photography prize and selected for the British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Humanity & Portrait of Britain. Funding for his projects has come from Arts Council England and Arts & Humanities Research Council.