Magazine, Book and Report Covers
Magazine, Newspaper and editorial work
- EDITORIAL CLIENTS -
60 minutes - Adventure Journal - American Fisheries Society - Anglers Journal - Baltimore Magazine - BBC - Capital Gazette -Chesapeake Bay FOundation - Chesapeake Bay Magazine - Chesapeake Quarterly - Chesapeake Bay Style - Coastal Style - Delaware Beach Life - Edible Communities - Marine Stewardship council - Island Journal - Marina Life - Nature Conservancy - Soundings Magazine - Power and Motor Yacht - PropTalk - National Fisherman - National Geographic - Nature Conservancy - New York Times - Oceana -Oceanographic - SmithSonian - Tidewater Times - UpstArt Annapolis - USA Today - Virginia Living - Washingtonian - Washington City Paper - What’s Up Magazines - Wooden Boat - Working Waterfront
- LINKED ARTICLES -
Anglers Journal - My Boat, My Life - April 2018
Anglers Journal - Tangier Island: Just Scraping By - May 2017
Anglers Journal - Art of the Bow - October 2024
Anglers Journal - “I tried to bring it in the boat, but it was just too big” - April 2016
Anglers Journal - Dispatches from Cuba - August 2019
Anglers Journal - High Seas Shucking - March 2020
Anglers Journal - Details - July 2016
Anglers Journal - How I got that shot - January 2016
Annapolis Discovered - Meet local photographer Jay Fleming - August 2018
Annapolis Home Magazine - Jay Fleming, Photographer with a Cause - August 2024
Adventure Journal - Square Shooter: Jay Fleming Goes Deep - August 2016
Baltimore Magazine - Big Picture: A notable Annapolis photographer makes his literary debut - October 2016
Baltimore Magazine - Bay Window - September 2021
Bugeye Times - Working the Water: Photography by Jay Fleming - Spring 2019
Capital Gazette - Annapolis Photographer stuck on icebound Tangier Island - January 2018
Chesapeake Bay Magazine - Jay Fleming’s Privateer - September 2018
Chesapeake Bay Magazine - Smith Island Holds Boat in Easter Service - April 2020
Chesapeake Bay Magazine - Beneath the Surface - September 2020
Chesapeake Bay Magazine - The Unwanted Blue Catfish - April 2024
Chesapeake Bay Magazine - Through the Lens: Photography students meet the lesser-known
Chesapeake - November 2024
The Chesapeake Log - Photographing the Once and Future Bay - Summer 2015
Chesapeake Family Magazine - Capturing life on the water with photographer Jay Fleming - March 2020
Coastal Style - On the Job Training - Fall 2019
Coastal Style - Chronicling Change - September 2021
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - The Exhibition: Island Life - Spring 2020
Delaware Public Media - Arts Playlist: Island Life, Photography of Jay Fleming - November 2021
Edible Delmarva - Chesapeake Island Life: Smith and Tangier Islands - July 2020
Edible Delmarva - Hot Smoked Chesapeake Bluefish - September 2020
Environmental Protection Agency - Annapolis teenager’s photograph wins top honors in National Contest - 2003
MarinaLife - Smith and Tangier Islands - July 2021
National Fisherman - Maryland’s Multimillion Dollar Shutdown - April 2020
National Fisherman - Aground on the Altamaha; Georgia Inlet Claims a Shrimper - February 2021
National Fisherman - Scallops on the Double - October 2019
National Fisherman - Feature: Last of the Buy Boats - January 2019
National Fisherman - Island Life: Jay Fleming documents the Chesapeake Bay’s Offshore Communities - November 2021
National Geographic - Lake Trout are bad news for Yellowstone Lake - January 2012
Prop Talk - CLASSIC BOAT: The Restoration of a 1981 Privateer Retriever - May 2025
Soundings - Q&A: Walking the Plank, Jay Fleming - April 2018
Soundings - Wet Work in the Chesapeake - October 2017
Soundings - Working the Water with photographer Jay Fleming - January 2017
Shore Monthly - Jay Fleming: Capturing a Unique Perspective on the Chesapeake Bay - March 2018
Talbot Spy - Jay Fleming: A Visual Storyteller for a Changing Chesapeake - April 2020
Talbot Spy - Island Life: Jay Fleming’s Celebration of Those at Peace with Adversity - October 2021
Upstart Annapolis - SNAP: Chesapeake Close Up - Fall 2016
Virginia Living - Photographer Jay Fleming Chronicles the Chesapeake Bay - August 2024
Voices of the Chesapeake - Episode 35 Jay Fleming - November 2021
Washingtonian - FIRST LOOK: Stunning Images of Tangier Island and Smith Island - October 2021
Washington City Paper - Jay Fleming Photographs Life on the Bay at a Critical Time - July 2017
WTOP - ‘Working the Water’ lends a new way to look at the Bay - January 2017
WTOP - Book Peeks into Chesapeake Bay and its People - November 2021
Books and Calendars
Event, Exhibit Posters and awards
Short Films, News and video
In August 2018, filmmaker Patrick McNamara joined Jay Fleming on Smith Island to chronicle his work on the Chesapeake Bay for his film series, Artisan Portraits.
A Different Lens: Jay Fleming - Maryland Public Television - Outdoors Maryland, Episode 3203
For Jay Fleming, photography is a way to capture and preserve the unique characters and environments of an aging and changing Chesapeake region. Whether on the dock, in a boat, or under the water, there are few if any photographers who have so thoroughly documented life in the Chesapeake Bay region. Join Fleming as he practices his craft onboard fishing boats in the bay and at Rippons Brothers, Inc. in Hoopersville.
Annapolis Discovered visits my downtown Annapolis studio in July 2018.
Documenting the resurgence of underwater grasses in the Severn River in July 2019.
Chesapeake Bay photographer Jay Fleming has taken stunning— and haunting— pictures of the Bay’s smallest communities. He’s been given rare intimate access to Smith and Tangier Islands, shedding light on the rising water and shrinking land that threaten the residents of those islands.
Virtual interview over zoom with Demlarva Life and Jimmy Hoppa about Jay’s career photography and how he his business has changed in 2020 with the constraints of the COVID pandemic.