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Thom Pierce Studios

award-winning portrait photography

About

Detailed Biography

Career Highlights

Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery - London
Museum of Tomorrow - Brazil
United States Senate - Washington
La Quatrieme Image - Paris
Les Roncontres D'Arles - France

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Awards

Lensculture Emerging Talent

Piclet Popcap Prize

PDN Storytellers Award

Magnum Photographic Awards (F)

Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize (F)

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News Publications

The Guardian

BBC

CNN

Sunday Times

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Editorial Publications

National Geographic Traveller

Vogue Italy

Esquire

ADAC Magazine

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Permanent Collections

South African National Gallery

Thom Pierce is an award-winning photographer, writer and curator who believes in tolerance, equality and justice.

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Through photographic campaigns, personal projects, artworks and collaborations, he explores what it means to be human, and builds powerful projects that inspire, educate and advocate for tangible, positive change.

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He currently works between the UK and South Africa.

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Born in 1978 in Jersey, Channel Islands, he graduated from the Brighton Institute of Modern Music in 2004 and enjoyed a successful career in the music industry, touring the world with The Streets, Zero 7, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Keane and George Michael. 

 

Through his extensive travels, Thom rediscovered his love of the camera, eventually leaving music to pursue a career as a documentary and portrait photographer.

Over the past fifteen years he has built a substantial body of work that has been exhibited in major international galleries and festivals around the world.

His work explores the line between art, documentary, and traditional portrait photography to create carefully crafted dramatic images. He splits his time between campaign collaborations, personal projects, commissions and his long-term series, The Actionists.


Since 2015, Thom's work has focused on creating "campaigns"; projects that are built around a single issue, told through the stories of those who are affected. The intention is to create photography with purpose, giving a voice to those who need it.  

Thom’s work has been published globally in newspapers, magazines, and books. It has also been featured as part of several human rights campaigns.

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