Jim Mangan (b. 1973, La Grange, Illinois) is a Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker whose work critically engages with the subcultures and ecologies, especially pertaining to the American West. Mangan takes an ecological and sociological approach to his work, observing his subjects and their interactions with their environment for extended periods of time. His work seeks to forge a sense of connectivity with the earth and of disparate communities. For nearly a quarter century, he lived in Colorado and Utah to study water rights and drought habitats, and his most recent series, The Crick took over six years to complete.

Recent solo and two person exhibitions include The Crick, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT (2026); The Crick, Sea View, Los Angeles, CA (2025); The Crick, Galerie Wouter Van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL (2024); BLAST, The Little House Gallery at Dries Van Noten, Los Angeles, CA (2023); BLAST, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT (2015); Flash Flood, Muddguts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2014); BLAST, 205-A Gallery, New York, NY (2014). Recent group exhibitions include: Beginners, Authorized Dealer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2026); Altered States in the Acid West, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (2026); Salon Amsterdam, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL (2026); Decades, Webber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2025); We Like Us, Nonaka-Hill Gallery, Kyoto, JP (2025); American West and the Scars We Leave, Little Big Man Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2025); Hard Copy, Webber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2025); Western Contemporary, Strata Editions, Livingston, MT (2024); Staring Into the Sun, Webber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2023); Light Work 50th Anniversary, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (2023); Boys Don’t Cry / Blonde, pop-up curated by Frank Ocean, Los Angeles, CA; Land Escapes, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY (2016); West Hollywood, AA LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2016); Black Mirror, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY (2015); TERRA INCOGNITA, Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, DE. (2015).

Mangan’s work is in the library collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Artist Book Collection MoMA NY, NY; Catalogue Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Artist Book Collection Light Work, Syracuse, NY; and The New York Public Library, Photography Collection.

He has an upcoming solo exhibition in 2027 at the Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, ID.