James Iroha Uchechukwu is a Nigerian photographer. He was born in 1972 in Enugu. For of his photographic approach, his support to young photographers and the passing of his knowledge, he is regarded at the beginning of the 21st century as someone that has broadened the horizon of Nigerian photography. Uchechukwu started to study in sculpture in 1990 at the Art Academy of the University of Port Harcourt. He obtained his degree in 1996 and directly afterwards continued study in what is now his current profession, photography. In his work, Uchechukwu melts together with the reproduction of common reality with the creative ‘language’ of the imagination, whereby he extends the possibilities of photography and is giving a new direction to local art.