Thomas Alleman has created a number of significant projects about what’s outside the front door–his focus on the ubiquitous American Apparel billboards made us consider the placement of these visual scars; his long-term project, Sunshine and Noir, finds black and white beauty on the streets of cities around the world; Dancing the Dragon’s Jaw explores the 1980’s
Today we go back to his beginnings as a photographer with a personal, powerful and poignant project, The Unwinding, that shows a family in decline at which Thomas had a ringside seat. This series garnered a place in the Top 50 in Critical Mass this year, and in my opinion, it is well deserved.
Sometimes the work we create, though powerful at the time, continues to be relevant, historical, and just plain interesting over the course of time. Thirty years ago, Los Angeles photographer, Thomas Michael Alleman, was a freelance newspaper reporter in
Thirty years ago, Los Angeles photographer, Thomas Michael Alleman, was a freelance newspaper reporter in San Francisco, where one of the publications he worked for focused on gay press. He found himself in the middle of the AIDS crisis and San Francisco in it’s Castro District heyday, and captured a community in crisis, but also a community that was very much alive
