Tom White
Freelance Visual Journalist, Editor, Curator, Educator and Artist / Based in Singapore
Tom White is a freelance photographer, editor at Parallax Photo Journal and curator, educator, and artist. Born and raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the north of England, I studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London,...
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Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Videographer, Researcher, Politics, Environment, Documentary, Multimedia, Video, Photo Editor, Photography, VR, Art, Arts & Culture, Editorial Page, Assignments, Teacher, Visual Communications , Human Rights, Creative Professional, Artist, Education, Lecturer, Editorial, Storyteller, Visual Artist, Climate
Skills:
Research, Digital Printing, Audio Recording, Film Scanning, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premier, Apple Final Cut Pro, Book Layout/Design, Photo Editing, Black & White Printing, Color Printing, Curating, Exhibition Design, Multimedia Production, Photojournalism, Retouching, Video Editing, Sound Design, Film Photography, Cinematographer
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Available in: Singapore
Focused on:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Videographer, Researcher, Politics, Environment, Documentary, Multimedia, Video, Photo Editor, Photography, VR, Art, Arts & Culture, Editorial Page, Assignments, Teacher, Visual Communications , Human Rights, Creative Professional, Artist, Education, Lecturer, Editorial, Storyteller, Visual Artist, Climate
Skilled at:
Research, Digital Printing, Audio Recording, Film Scanning, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premier, Apple Final Cut Pro, Book Layout/Design, Photo Editing, Black & White Printing, Color Printing, Curating, Exhibition Design, Multimedia Production, Photojournalism, Retouching, Video Editing, Sound Design, Film Photography, Cinematographer
Coverage Regions:
Asia Europe USA & Canada
Languages Spoken: English
Years of experience: More than 10
Tom White is a freelance photographer, editor at Parallax Photo Journal and curator, educator, and artist.
Born and raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the north of England, I studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London, where I was initially intending to become a painter. It was during this time that photography took hold of me. I spent many nights photographing the underground music scene of the city and exploring the streets of South London with my camera.
After graduating from college - and having my camera stolen in a nightclub - I found work in the post production industry and with my first paycheck, I bought a new 35mm camera whereupon I continued photographing constantly.
I travelled a little and my interest in focusing on society and politics grew. With time, I became involved in some social work with youth offenders in Hackney, East London and continued documenting my own personal life, including that of my friends and the music scene of London.
Eventually, I left London to attend the International Center of Photography in New York, where I studied Photojournalism and Documentary Photography.
Since then, I have been working freelance and am currently based in Southeast Asia.
My work has been published and exhibited internationally. As an educator, I have taught classes at Columbia University’s School of Journalism and at the International Center of Photography, where I taught Digital Photography on the Photojournalism program. Between 2015-2022 I taught Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, a program for which I was invited to develop the curriculum.
Read about my research here: Interactive and immersive documentary methods for community resilience & disaster reduction.
Born and raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the north of England, I studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London, where I was initially intending to become a painter. It was during this time that photography took hold of me. I spent many nights photographing the underground music scene of the city and exploring the streets of South London with my camera.
After graduating from college - and having my camera stolen in a nightclub - I found work in the post production industry and with my first paycheck, I bought a new 35mm camera whereupon I continued photographing constantly.
I travelled a little and my interest in focusing on society and politics grew. With time, I became involved in some social work with youth offenders in Hackney, East London and continued documenting my own personal life, including that of my friends and the music scene of London.
Eventually, I left London to attend the International Center of Photography in New York, where I studied Photojournalism and Documentary Photography.
Since then, I have been working freelance and am currently based in Southeast Asia.
My work has been published and exhibited internationally. As an educator, I have taught classes at Columbia University’s School of Journalism and at the International Center of Photography, where I taught Digital Photography on the Photojournalism program. Between 2015-2022 I taught Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, a program for which I was invited to develop the curriculum.
I have also worked extensively with the International Center of Photography's Community Programs department and The Objectifs Center in Singapore. As photography has given me a direction in life, it is my intention to continue to do photography based community education as a complement to my documentary, editorial and fine art practice.
I am currently engaged in exploring the potential of immersive and interactive documentary methods with an emphasis on the nexus of environmental, political and social issues under the concept of planetary health.Read about my research here: Interactive and immersive documentary methods for community resilience & disaster reduction.