jimmy fike

Jimmy Fike was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1970. He earned a BA in Art from Auburn University and an MFA in Photography from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He's taught at Wake Forest and Ohio Universities and is currently a residential art faculty member at Estrella Mountain College in Phoenix, Arizona. His epic series on wild edible plants has been exhibited extensively across the United States and a selection can be found in the permanent collection of the George Eastman House Museum.




Sunflower, from J.W. Fike’s Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of the North American Continent

California Poppy, from J.W. Fike’s Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of the North American Continent

Mock Strawberry, from J.W. Fike’s Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of the North American Con

Amaranth, from J.W. Fike’s Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of the North American Con

Ground Cherry, from J.W. Fike’s Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of the North American Con

Watercress, from J.W. Fike’s Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of the North American Con

Monkey Flower, from J.W. Fike’s Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of the North American Con

Manzanita, from J.W. Fike’s Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of the North American Con

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