James Oliver Mitchell

6/3/2021

I first met Jim Mitchell in the Spring of 1984 at the home of my longtime friends, filmmaker Allen Willis and his wife Lillian on Dowling Place in Berkeley. He and Allen were close coleagues. I learned very quickly that here was a photographer who was not into it to make money or to achieve fame, though he would have merited these things, but as a cause, and as a way of knowing, not just for him, but for others, that people might know each other, and to...

I taught with Jim for years at Chabot College. He was a valued colleague and wonderful person. Condolences to his friends and family. His passing is a loss to us all.

Peace be to his memory.

I am saddened by the news that my
friend and co-worker, Jim Mitchell,
passed away on 1/21/2021......
We worked together for many years
in the basement of Adolph Gasser Inc.
Always a prolific shooter, I remember him returning from lunch many a time and exclaiming, “The light
men, the light!”
I credit him with getting me started on
my photography book collection and
I enjoyed his critiques of my photography-
he pulled no punches.
He...