Raymond Thompson on Landscape Photography

Join Raymond Thompson, interdisciplinary artist, educator, and journalist, as he discusses his remarkable journey in photojournalism with Appalachian Ghost: A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster. Joined with Natalie Zelt, Co-Director of Framing the Field: Photography's Histories in American Institutions .

Reception and book sales to follow.

About Raymond Thompson

Raymond Thompson is an artist, educator, and journalist based in Austin, TX. He is an incoming Assistant Professor of Photojournalism at The University of Texas at Austin. He has a MFA in photography from West Virginia University. He received his masters degree from The University of Texas at Austin in journalism and graduated from the University of Mary Washington with a BA is American Studies. He received the 2020 Lenscratch Student Prize. He has worked as a freelance photographer for The New York Times, ACLU, Politico, NPR, The Nature Conservancy, The Intercept, NBC News, Propublica, WBEZ, Google, Merrell and the Associated Press.

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Host or Publisher Harry Ransom Center