Born and raised in Los Angeles County, Jim McCrary has been a professional photographer in Hollywood for over 60 years. Primarily self-taught beginning in 1952, he also attended Pasadena City College and Art Center College of Design with photography majors. He worked for many years as staff photographer for several portrait studios and in the photography department of Rockwell International during the 1950's and 1960's. Jim joined A&M Records in 1967 as chief photographer, where in the next seven years he shot over 300 album covers along with related publicity and advertising work. Among his many classic album covers are Carole King's "Tapestry", Lee Michaels' "5th" and Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" and many others. From 1974 through 1990 he operated his own studio on La Brea Avenue in Hollywood. His work has won many awards from the Los Angeles & New York Art Directors Clubs, and has appeared in several "Best" Album Cover books, Communication Arts magazine, as well as several Graphis Annuals and Graphis Posters Annuals...
