Tom has spent the last twenty years working in the fields of art, media and academia. Originally from Bradford in the North of England, he studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London and Photojournalism at The International Center of Photography in New York.
He is a visual communications educator, as well as a photographer in the journalism, editorial, advocacy and commercial spaces. He is currently also editor at Parallax Photo Journal.
His work has been published and exhibited internationally. As an educator, He taught classes at Columbia University’s School of Journalism and at the International Center of Photography. Between 2015-2022 he taught Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, a program for which he was invited to develop the curriculum.
He has also worked extensively with the International Center of Photography's Community Programs department and The Objectifs Center in Singapore working with photography based community education as a complement to his documentary, editorial and fine art practice.
He is currently engaged in exploring the potential of immersive and interactive documentary methods with an emphasis on the nexus of environmental, political and social issues under the concept of planetary health.
He’s been based in Southeast Asia since 2011.
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