Thomas jackson photographer biography

Artificial swarms in the nature

Thomas Jackson’s work is confusing but certainly also fascinating.

Thomas jackson photographer biography

On his photographs, beautiful landscapes are invaded by sculptural swarms of cheap and junky objects, from cheese balls to plastic bags. They are placed in nature, where they don’t belong, in a conversational way. They dialogue with the landscape, the weather, whoever passes by, and are as well ready to start conversing with you since, above all, the artist wants the viewer to interpret these mesmerizing photographs freely.

Let’s go?

Who are you and where do you come from?

Photographer resume

When were you first introduced to art and photography?

I was born in Philadelphia and I grew up Rhode Island, with stints in Germany and France. I practised photography from an early age, starting in the mid-1980s with my prized Pentax K1000, but my first ambition was to be a writer.

It took me about fifteen years of working in book and magazine publishing in New York City to get that