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Atticus Circle – mobilizing straight people for equal rights

Thomas Bacon — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:38:08 +0000

Atticus Circle is a national social justice organizations that organizing straight allies of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) partners, parents, and their children. I recently redeveloped their website and shot most of the photography for the new site. We used Drupal, CiviCRM, and a fresh design and visual images to reinvigorate their web presence, which is a key piece of their outreach strategy.

You can support Atticus Circle by joining, making a donation, and purchasing their, “gay, fine by me” tshirts.

Visit www.atticuscircle.org

2010 Austin People’s Gallery award

Thomas Bacon — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:26:30 +0000

For the second year, I’m honored to have been accepted into the City of Austin’s People’s Gallery, which features the work of selected artists in City hall for one year. This year, the reception will be held on February 19. I’d love for you all to come.

Details:

Friday, February 19
Austin City Hall
5:30-7:30

The photograph chosen this year was taken at Kukaniloko, Hawai’i, during an indigenous demonstration. Click here to view it.

My work featured on new Austin-based artists website

Thomas Bacon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:48:45 +0000

I’m happy to announce that a new company, Austin Handmade, is featuring my photography. As you can probably infer, they carry locally made art, clothing, cards, and other items. I also photographed most of the model and product photography for the site, which was fun because they feature some great local work.

If you’d like to visit my page on the site directly, click here.

They are having a launch party on Thursday 10/16. Should be fun. Many of the artists will be there.

10/16/08 7PM
Gallery Lombardi
602 West Seventh St. Suite A, Austin, TX 78701 US
Map

new pregnancy photography gallery

Thomas Bacon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:52:46 +0000

Since my friends first started having kids, and especially since I found out I was having my own, I’ve become increasingly interested in pregnancy photography. Since then, I have photographed a few women(and their partners) who are expecting children. I’ve tried to get away from many of the pitfall clichés of much of the pregnancy photography I’ve seen, and experimented with different techniques, including the Diana+ camera. I would love to expand my portfolio in this direction, so please let me know if you know anyone who might be interested.

To view the new gallery, click here.

Recent magazine work – Farfelu and ColorLines

Thomas Bacon — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:42:55 +0000

I’ve recently done some work for two non-profit magazines, one local and one national. Farfelu Magazine is a Texas-based publication that

“exists to give voice to writers and artists in all places – especially Austin – and to celebrate their diversity and their skills.”

The theme of the issue was “motherhood” and one of the editors, Elisabeth, contacted me after seeing some photographs at Clementine and asked if they could run some. They ended up running four, and I was very happy with the outcome. You can see tear sheets from the issue here, here, and here. You can order an issue here.

ColorLines Magazine, a national non-profit that covers issues of race and class, also hired me to take some photos of houses in East Austin for an article on immigrant housing. Click on the thumbnail to the left to see the tear sheet, or even better order an issue.

Photos showing at Clementine Coffee Bar

Thomas Bacon — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:57:31 +0000

I’m excited to be showing about 30 or so images at a local coffee shop here in Austin during the month of April. Karinne, the owner, is an old friend and is allowing me the run of the place, so to speak, so it will be filled exclusively with my work. Please check it out if you’re in Austin. We’ll be hanging them this Sunday, April 6, and it will probably run for the rest of the month. The website for Clementine is at clementinecoffeebar.com, and the map below will help you get there… Lots of thanks to Karinne, as well as Kymberlie and Billy Wood for helping me with the framing and hanging.

Thematically, this show will be all over the map. I’m hoping that it won’t be too visually disconcerting. Everything from my documentary style work from Latin America, the Middle East, and the US, to more fine-art prints and even some architectural work.

And of course, please get a cup of coffee and something to eat while you’re there. Clementine is one of my favorite local spots, as anyone who has seen the 10 half-filled coffee cards in my wallet can attest to. The staff are all very cool (the morning shift knows me as “Elliot’s dad”), and the coffee is very good.
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