Thomas Morgan

Country where you live:

United States

City where you live:

Los Angeles

Website:

https://www.thomasmorganphotography.com/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/thomasmorganphotography/

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Facebook:

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Statement :

I endeavor to see the story when I’m in the moment of capturing an image, try to transcend its history. And in that moment, I often reflect on whether anyone has stood at the same spot I did and if so, who were they? Did she or he see what I saw? The possibilities are endless. Photography is the quiet observance of the fast-moving world in which human connection has been untwined to the last strand but in that tethering we see and feel the world upon which we tread. We’re passing through this time; I’m simply a vessel whose strength is the observation. I want my world to be beautiful, but I can’t force it. I want those who see my work to slow down and reflect. That’s what photography is to me: Reflections on this passing moment, and somewhere within the casting of that light there is beauty.

Love Scene

Relic from the Family Trip

Dreams of Arrakis

Winter Desert Evening

Been a Long Time Since I Rock & Rolled

Bio:

Thomas Morgan began his journey as a photographer the same way many of his peers did: a camera passed down or gifted by his parents. Something not terribly expensive, but with good glass and simple operations. His was a Yashica-MAT 124G, a late-model twin-lens reflex camera during one of its final years in production. Even then it was an oddball, since almost everyone else he knew had already become acquainted with 35mm. But he was—and continues to be—rebellious.

Morgan moved on to and experimented with other camera formats that became extensions to his creative spark, his inner dialog brought to the fore. While he still shoots analog and sticks to composing while he shoots, he fully embraces digital, noting the medium’s seemingly endless possibilities in post-production. “It’s a fast-moving world,” he says, “but it is through my constant pursuit of photographic exceptionalism that I’m able to see the details, the story, and the drama of the stillness between stoplights. I’ll always shoot, and most of the pictures are not going to be that good, but the ones that get through will hopefully transcend to a photograph.”