James Edmunds, born in New Iberia, has been an English teacher, photographer, writer, editor, photo editor, radio announcer and more. He has written for Newsweek, Louisiana Life, The Dallas Times-Herald, Figaro, Gris-Gris and others. In 1980, he and a partner founded The Times of Acadiana, where Edmunds served as the editor for the first five years and associate publisher for three years.
Since 1977, he has been involved in a range of performing arts and theatrical production projects. From 1998 through 2010, he served variously as board member, treasurer, general manager and consulting manager for the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana.
Today, Edmunds focuses on photography and creating short films, which have been exhibited in various film festivals around the United States. Some of his films include “I know what you remember” and “The Taste of Summer.” His current project is a short film about his relative Walter Chapman, a concert pianist who was one of the first people to make sound recordings, aimed for completion in 2027. …