Al J Thompson

Al J Thompson (born 1980) is a Jamaican-born American photographer, living in New York City.[1][2]

Life and work

Thompson was born on the island of Jamaica.[1] In 1996, aged 16, he moved to Spring Valley in Rockland County, New York.[1] He now lives in New York City.[2]

His first book, Remnants of an Exodus (2021), was made in Spring Valley and is about gentrification.[3][4][5][6]

Publications

  • Remnants of an Exodus. New York (state): Gnomic, 2021. With an essay by Shane Rocheleau, "Gathering Remnants".[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Al J Thompson: Remnants of an Exodus". GUP Magazine. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  2. ^ a b "Remnants of an Exodus • Q&A with Al J Thompson". Vogue Italia. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  3. ^ "A photographer bears witness to the gentrification of his childhood home". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. ^ "The big picture: elegy for a lost New York community". The Guardian. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  5. ^ "Visualizing Gentrification In 'Remnants Of An Exodus'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  6. ^ Dwamena, Anakwa (20 March 2019). "A Photographer Chronicles Upheaval in His Suburban Home Town". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  7. ^ "A photographer's elegy to a divided New York community". Huck Magazine. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
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