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- Avg likes 226
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About james bowden
james bowden (@jamesbowdown) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Lifestyle and Design & fashion. The account has 9,526 followers and 702 published posts. Recent posts average 226 likes and 9 comments, an engagement rate of 2.28%.
james bowden belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. james bowden follows 2,191 accounts, so the audience is roughly 4.3 times the size of the list followed. james bowden uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files james bowden under 4 categories, led by Photographer and followed by Lifestyle, Design & fashion and Digital Creator.
The Instagram bio for james bowden runs to 11 words. The bio mentions @hortonstephens. The latest activity Flinque has on record for james bowden dates from January 2026.
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702 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for james bowden, 9 are carousels and 1 is a video. That mix leans toward carousels. james bowden has built a substantial archive of 702 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 14 followers for each post published. james bowden also keeps 10 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 140 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include trip, friends, beautiful, little and i’ve. The captions tag #hasselblad503cx, #kodakgold200, #filmisnotdead, #trescoisland and #islesofscilly.
Tagging along with my friends at on another sourcing trip, and my first time in East Africa. I’ve got so much to say about the tiny slice of this beautiful country I was lucky enough to see. I learned so much more about coffee and coffee production of course, but also just about people, life, and perhaps me?
so much more to share from the trip, and a whole new set of images to add to my ongoing series on coffee production, but for now a few portraits of a few of the people who let me pause with them for a moment and make a photograph.
Shot on #Hasselblad503CX #KodakGold200.
Processed by, scanned by me.
Huge thanks to all the family for sharing a little bit of your world with us.
❤️
#hasselblad503cx #kodakgold200 #filmisnotdead
Part 2 of 2
So there’s a bit of story behind this set of photos I shot for earlier this autumn… on a 4 day sailing and surf trip around the inner Hebrides with some great friends. the long version will come, but till then, the bullet points…
Started strong: rain to make the tropics proud, instantly soaked, denied fuel, and forced to sail the wrong way for hours because apparently marinas run on vibes, not diesel.
Then nature felt bad for us: dolphins, whales, golden light… the ocean saying, “Sorry about earlier, lads.”
We surfed questionable waves in the middle of nowhere: hooting, high-fiving, pretending it was exactly what we’d hoped for.
Discovered a perfect secret (tiny) wave: surfed said wave, acted like we were 12, whooped ourselves hoarse, successful fishing, golden eagles, floating atop stars, Peak life moments.
Then the jib exploded, the mast snapped, the radio died, and we nearly died: cue frantic cable-cutting, mayday calls, and us trying to look calm while internally screaming.
Engine quit. Twice. Lifeboat called. Twice. Towed to port. Cleaned up the mess, jury rig, sailed home like shipwreck survivors who’d misplaced half their dignity.
Ended the trip humbled, grateful, and slightly traumatised: storm raging outside, beer in hand, thinking, “…that escalated.”
Forever grateful to cool headed shipmates:
And Aidan Begby
And to the Castletown, we can’t thank you enough 🙏
and myself will be there on Sunday, having a chat about the film along with who’s showing her beautiful film Salt.
Always thankful of the support and
🙏
Onto the next one!…
Part 1 of 2
So there’s a bit of story behind this set of photos I shot for earlier this autumn… on a 4 day sailing trip around the inner Hebrides with some great friends. the long version will come, but till then, the bullet points…
Started strong: instantly soaked, denied fuel, and forced to sail the wrong way for hours because apparently marinas run on vibes, not diesel.
Then nature felt bad for us: dolphins, whales, golden light… the ocean saying, “Sorry about earlier, lads.”
We surfed questionable waves in the middle of nowhere: hooting, high-fiving, pretending it was exactly what we’d hoped for.
Discovered a perfect secret (tiny) wave: surfed said wave, acted like we were 12, whooped ourselves hoarse, successful fishing, golden eagles, floating atop stars, Peak life moments.
Then the jib exploded, the mast snapped, the radio died, and we nearly died: cue frantic cable-cutting, mayday calls, and us trying to look calm while internally screaming.
Engine quit. Twice. Lifeboat called. Twice. Towed to port. Cleaned up the mess, jury rig, sailed home like shipwreck survivors who’d misplaced half their dignity.
Ended the trip humbled, grateful, and slightly traumatised: storm raging outside, beer in hand, thinking, “…that escalated.”
Forever grateful to cool headed shipmates:
And Aidan Begby
And to the Castletown, we can’t thank you enough 🙏
I get to step into another little world for a few days, slow down, be reactive and shoot with freedom.
To build friendships and a creative relationship with a client over years, and to feel trusted, is something I feel so grateful for.
Anyways… this is a small selection of some of my favourites over the last couple of years.
#trescoisland #islesofscilly
This morning, I got to brew a cup that feels a little closer to me than most. It’s a beautiful natural-process coffee from a producer in northern Nicaragua called Marcos Florian, roasted by my good friends at. Marcos is someone I first met on a sourcing trip with and back in 2022, in that strange time when the world was just opening up after Covid. We were taken on a long drive up into the mountains in the back of a pickup truck by our friends Martha and Ana. It was a rough ride - back-breaking at times - but at the end of those dirt tracks, we ended up at a tiny, little farm, El Recuerdo way out there.
We met Marcos and spent much of the afternoon with him as he showed us his small farm. He explained how he has to walk up from the village most days - about three hours, as I recall - and then pay friends with a truck to help move his coffee down to the mill at harvest. Until that point, he had never separated his coffee from the regional blend, which meant some of it - potentially much higher quality - was being sold for far less than it was worth.
On the bumpy ride back down the mountain, Rich noticed something special about the farm, the coffee, and Marcos himself. He told Martha and Ana that if they separated Marcos’ coffee, he’d commit to buying the whole lot, untasted. Months later, when samples finally arrived in the UK, the coffee turned out to be even better than expected. Since then, Rich has bought Marcos’ entire harvest every year...
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Shot in beautiful #kjerringøy back in April with an epic crew
Talent -
Guide/Skipper/Fixer -
Art Director -
DOP -
Styling -
Such a joy to build an epic little crew of super talented friends and head out to a place that I’ve grown to love a lot the last few years, #sardinia
🌞🗻🌊
DOP
Production/styling/tranlator
Local production
Assistant
Talent
Client
Anyway, does allow time to relive some great trips and shoots… like this one. A canoe trip in the west highlands of Scotland with my pal. Originally for a client, but then become part of our short film we made together ‘don’t imprison the wind’ (you can find it on YouTube channel)
I’d had the trip in mind for a while, paddling from the sea, along the length of Scotlands deepest loch, to a remote bothy tucked in a glen at the eastern end of the loch. As usual I’d made a big underestimation of the distance, and we arrived on the shore near the bothy, 6 hours later into a strong headwind and relentless rain, exhausted. We stayed 2 nights in total solitude and peace in one of the most beautiful parts of Scotland I’ve ever been, before sailing a stiff easterly back the length of the loch.
I guess It was ‘work’ in some way, but it certainly didn’t feel like it.
#storiesfromthearchives
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james bowden's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.28%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 44 followers. An average post collects 226 likes and 9 comments, close to 25 likes for each comment.
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- Avg comments
- 9
- Interactions : followers
- 1 : 44
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Who is james bowden?
james bowden (@jamesbowdown) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Lifestyle and Design & fashion. james bowden uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for james bowden runs to 11 words.
How many followers does james bowden have?
james bowden has 9,526 followers on Instagram (9.5K). james bowden follows 2,191 accounts, so the audience is roughly 4.3 times the size of the list followed. james bowden has built a substantial archive of 702 posts.
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james bowden's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.28%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 44 followers. An average post collects 226 likes and 9 comments, close to 25 likes for each comment.
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Flinque files james bowden under 4 categories, led by Photographer and followed by Lifestyle, Design & fashion and Digital Creator. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for james bowden, 9 are carousels and 1 is a video. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for james bowden repeatedly use the words trip, friends, beautiful, little and i’ve. james bowden's captions carry hashtags such as #hasselblad503cx, #kodakgold200 and #filmisnotdead. james bowden writes those captions mainly in English. james bowden keeps 10 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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