Chantal James (b.1977, Toronto Canada) is a photographer and researcher based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her work explores shared human experiences and the visual language of emotion, seeking the essence of things through an improvisational method akin to musical syncopation. Intuitive and impulsive, she pursues forms of expression that verge on the supernatural, revealing “holy moments” of alignment. Chantal is captivated by polychronic cultures, where time is fluid and the lines between public and private life blur. In these places, social life unfolds like a sacred dance of gestures, each movement telling a story. Comicerative and congenial to whatever the subject has done, she seeks the exquisite within the mundane and focuses on inward experiences that reveal profound truths.