Wayne Thom

Wayne Thom
Born Shanghai, China
Nationality American
Alma mater Brooks Institute of Photography
Occupation Architectural photographer
Awards Fellow, American Society of Photographers

Wayne Thom is an international architectural photographer. He was born in Shanghai and grew up in Hong Kong before moving to Vancouver. He studied photography, first at Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California, and then at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, where he graduated in 1968. Thom's career has spanned over 5 decades documenting upward of 2,800 projects, working with clients in North America and Asia, but based mainly in the Greater Los Angeles Area. His clients include prominent architects and developers such as I. M. Pei, A. Quincy Jones, Arthur Erickson, Bennie Gonzales, William Pereira, Bing Thom, John Portman, Gio Ponti, Kajima USA, NBBJ and SOM.

Achievements

  • Modern Masters Awards, Los Angeles Conservancy 2015 [1]
  • Fellow,[2] American Society Of Photographers since 1980 [3]
  • Member, Board of Director USC Architectural Guild 1982–1986
  • Recipient of Steuben Award by Kodak 1982
  • Speaker, 88th International Exposition of Professional Photography 1979
  • Speaker, 85th International Exposition of Professional Photography 1977
  • Speaker, 82nd International Exposition of Professional Photography 1973
  • Recipient of First Award, PPG Architectural Photographer Invitational, 1973
  • Member, Advisory Board LA Tech. 1972
  • Member, Board of Trustees Brooks Institute of Photography 1971–1975
  • Recipient of the Professional Photographer West Aurora Award in 1971, 72, 73
  • Recipient of Ernest H. Brook Achievement Award 1968
  • Life member, Professional Photographer Of America

Exhibitions

  • Matter, Light and Form: Architectural Photographs of Wayne Thom, 1968–2003, WUHO Gallery, Los Angeles, 2015 [4][5]

Publications

  • James Steel (Editor), Julius Shulman and Wayne Thom (Photographer), William Pereira, USC Guild Press, 2002 ISBN 1890449202
  • Cory Buckner (Author), Wayne Thom (Photographer), A Quincy Jones, Paidon, 2002 ISBN 0714848433
  • Morris Newman (Author), Wayne Thom (Photographer), Altoon + Porter Architects: Selected Current Works, Images Publishing ISBN 1876907444

Articles

  • "Wayne Thom, the Master Photographer Who Teased Out Brutalism’s Elegant Side | WIRED". wired.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  • "Architectural photographer Wayne Thom's beautiful images head to USC Libraries | USC News". news.usc.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  • "On View - Matter, Light, and Form: Architectural Photographs of Wayne Thom, 1968–2003". archpaper.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  • "Photographer Wayne Thom captured Late Modernism like no one else, and now his archive is looking for a home". archpaper.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  • "In Wayne Thom's revelatory show, a generation of L.A. buildings gets needed attention". touch.latimes.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.

References

  1. ↑ "Los Angeles Conservancy – Modern Masters Awards". laconservancy.org. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  2. ↑ "ASP Fellows | American Society of Photographers". asofp.com. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  3. ↑ "Wayne Thom | American Society of Photographers". asofp.com. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  4. ↑ "WUHO: Wayne Thom's Photography Exhibit In The Press". woodbury.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  5. ↑ "Matter, Light, and Form: Architectural Photographs of Wayne Thom, 1968-2003 | ArchDaily". archdaily.com. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
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