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  • the trauma of white light
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Raymond Thompson Jr. Photography

Artist, Journalist and Educator
  • Appalachian Ghost
    • Book
    • Artist Statement
    • 12 Men
    • The Dust
    • Tunnelitis
    • Erased
  • "It's hard to stop rebels that time travel"
    • Artist Statement
    • Photographs
  • High Water - Bottomlands - Lincoln City
    • Artist Statement
    • Photographs
  • Playing in the Dark
    • Artist Statement
    • Photographs
  • the trauma of white light
    • Artist Statement
    • Images
  • Imaging/Imagining
  • Justice Undone
  • The Divide
  • Video
  • About Me
    • Bio
    • Exhibitions and Awards
  • Blog
  • Instagram
  • Contact Me

View fullsize This clip is from my first photo assignment since March. Thank you  @nprviz and  @claireeclaire for the assignment. #photography
View fullsize I finally started to make prints from last semester's research. #photography
View fullsize PRINT SALE featuring WV photographers for Black Lives Matter West Virginia, who is directing monies nationally to BAIL FUND, MUTUAL AID, AND DEFENSE FUND. $50 for one 8x10/$90 for two 8x10s, shipping and handling included within the continental US. O
View fullsize Mark C Trent - Greenbrier County, WV PRINT SALE featuring WV photographers for Black Lives Matter West Virginia, who is directing monies nationally to BAIL FUND, MUTUAL AID, AND DEFENSE FUND. $50 for one 8x10/$90 for two 8x10s, shipping and handling
View fullsize PRINT SALE featuring WV photographers for Black Lives Matter West Virginia, who is directing monies nationally to BAIL FUND, MUTUAL AID, AND DEFENSE FUND. $50 for one 8x10/$90 for two 8x10s, shipping and handling included within the continental US. O
View fullsize "I can’t breathe"

So, I came across this the notion of “settler atmospherics” in an essay I read recently. The first line of Kristen Simmons’ piece “Settler Atmospherics" is “Breathing in a settler
View fullsize This is one of my favorite images from yesterday's #blacklivesmatter protest. Her body language says so much. #photography
View fullsize First shoot in three months. It felt good to put my PJ hat on again.
View fullsize So my Tobacco seedlings came in the mail today. I just planted them. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. I don’t have a green thumb. #artpractice
View fullsize Next up.... Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration by @nifleetwood  Thanks @sylrye for the gift.
View fullsize Trying to make the best of #socialdistancing. It’s really hard to be a photographer who mostly photographs other people right now. But the march towards my MFA must continue. #newwork #photography
View fullsize I picked up this catalog at the Houston Fotofest. Unfortunately, the event was cut short because of COVID-19. But, I made it out to the opening event and I was awestruck by the work on display. Mostly, I was amazed that I had never seen most of the w