Sometimes I like to think of myself as a photography factory. I see my photographs mostly as raw material for projects that might be worked on at some point later on in life. We all have but a short time on this earth. As slow as time can be it is also fast, swift, furious and mighty and then it’s over. Jack Kerouac is dead. Andy Warhol is dead. Garry Winogrand is dead. Lee Friedlander, Stephen Shore and William Eggleston are not dead yet, but probably will be at some point. Charles Bukowski once said that endurance was more important than truth. Charles Bukowski's now dead. When I'm not taking or processing the pictures I'm mostly thinking about the pictures. I'm trying to publish a library of 1,000,000 finished, processed photographs before I die. The absurdity of my obsessive compulsive view on photography is not lost on me. But it is the absurdity of life that I find most beautiful of all. Where Sisyphus had his stone I have my camera and a bag full of lenses. Document, explore, lather, rinse, repeat. Photography for me then becomes a kind of hyperactivity, loosely arranged and presented. My work is less about individual images and instead more about the power of a massive amount of excessive and disjointed images where stories, characters and places sometimes stay and other times reappear or disappear entirely for no good reason at all. If you want to see good overview portfolio of some of my more popular work you can find that here. "Don't think about making art. Just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they're deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol If you would like to purchase prints of my work you can do that here. If you'd like to inquire about licensing any image of mine commercially please contact Julia Peterson at juliapet(at)pacbell.net and I'm sure we can work something out. Many of my images are available for licensing exclusively at Stocksy here. Thomas Hawk on Google Plus Thomas Hawk on Facebook Thomas Hawk on Flickr Thomas Hawk on Stocksy Thomas Hawk on Instagram Thomas Hawk on YouTube Thomas Hawk on Twitter Thomas Hawk on Prismatic Thomas Hawk on SmugMug Thomas Hawk on Pinterest Thomas Hawk on 500px Thomas Hawk on Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection Thomas Hawk on Quora Thomas Hawk on Vimeo Thomas Hawk on Linked In Thomas Hawk on Tumblr Thomas Hawk on Last FM Thomas Hawk on Hype Machine I like to use Flickr to curate a gallery of photos by other photographers that I enjoy. You can check this out by viewing my favorites page on Flickr here. You can contact me at tom(at)thomashawk.com
Sky's the Limit by Thomas Hawk
Via Flickr:
A rendition of the neon fantastic Sky's the Limit by Michael Hayden at the United Terminal in Chicago's O'Hare International airport.
I am so honored to have been able to collaborate with author @sethgodin on his latest work of art, What Does it Sound Like When You Change Your Mind. This is the biggest book I have ever seen in my entire life. At 800 pages it truly is magnificent and features hundreds of my photographs. This is the first printed publication of my photography and seeing my work printed large alongside the work of such an amazing writer and human being brings me so much joy. Thank you so much Seth for choosing my work to accompany your own beautiful project. I just received my copies last night and could not be happier with how this book turned out.
Standard. Part of 15 photos I made from the press preview for the new #edruscha exhibit opening today at the @deyoungmuseum if, like me, you love the American West, Route 66, old signs, swimming pools, gas stations and Ruscha's unique and iconic take on the American vernacular, you will not want to miss this important exhibit. More photos of the exhibit here: http://thomashawk.com/2016/07/15-photographs-from-ed-ruscha-and-the-great-american-west.html. #america #painting #route66 #fineart #museum #deyoung #deyoungmuseum #sf #sanfrancisco (at de Young Museum)
Just arrived at the #vintagecars and #modernsunsets event for #priime tonight. Beautiful detail on this #Porsche #911T come on out tonight and join us. http://photowalk.priime.com edited w/ #abundance style by @jongsunpark_ w/ #priime (at Cars Dawydiak)
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