Raymond Thompson Jr.

Artist · Author · Visual Journalist · Public Historian

Place · Memory · Landscape · Archives · Race

Raymond Thompson Jr. is an artist, author, and visual journalist whose work explores how race, memory, and history shape the American landscape. Through photography, film, archival research, and storytelling, his projects examine the histories that landscapes preserve—and those they have been made to forget.

Featured Projects

Appalachian Ghost

Photography · Book · Public History

“It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel”

Photography · Family History · Archive

Selected Recognition


Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize

2025


Arles Les Rencontres de la Photographie -Shortlist

2026


Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards - Shortlist

2026


1619 Aftermath Grant Winner

2022