Photographer Tom M. Johnson is a long time west coast friend who moved to Pittsburgh a couple of years ago. Like any transplant or immigrant, it was at first, difficult to make the transition. As a editorial and advertising portrait photographer and an ar
Photographer Tom M. Johnson is a long time west coast friend who moved to Pittsburgh a couple of years ago. Like any transplant or immigrant, it was at first, difficult to make the transition. As a editorial and advertising portrait photographer and an artist, it required him to reset his compass and focus, but most importantly what Tom packed in his suitcase was his curiosity and humanity. Many of Tom’s personal projects focus on place–one of my favorites is about his childhood neighborhood of Lakewood, California, where he walked the streets capturing neighbors and strangers and details of daily life. In Pittsburgh, he is back walking the streets with two projects, one of making portraits of a broad range of Pittsburgh residents with Pittsburgh Stories, and the second, a poignant typology of Pittsburgh Parking Lot Booths And Their Attendants featured today.
