Kyle J Thompson
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| Born | January 11, 1992[1] Illinois, Chicago, United States of America |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
Kyle Thompson (born January 11, 1992) is a photographer from Chicago, Illinois. His style, as he describes it, is surreal conceptual photography;[2] the creation of a surreal world in order to depict concepts. He has a fascination with abandoned houses and empty forests, locations where the majority of his photographs take place. He specializes in self-portraiture. He has no formal education in photography.[3]
Early life
Thompson has lived in the suburbs of Chicago all his life. Thompson's photographs first came to attention through his posts on reddit, which garnered hundreds of thousands of views.[4]
Style
Thompson is renowned for his use of unusual locations. He frequently uses abandoned houses, vacant forests and rivers and lakes. His love of the outdoors sprang from his distaste of the suburbs where he grew up. He says 'the suburbs are a fake and constructed reality.'[5][6]
Thompson's have been called "surrealist and almost dreamlike".[7] He has received attention for his artistic interpretation of the selfie.[8][9]
Exhibitions
- Ghost Town, One Grand Gallery, Portland, Oregon, February 2015[6]
- Reggia di Casserta, March 2018[10][11]
References
- ↑ "Gli scatti di Kyle Thompson. Ritratti e autoritratti della star statunitense fra sogni, incubi, ricordi e traumi, in mostra alla Reggia di Caserta. –".
- ↑ ""One photo a day": Budding photographer finds living in surrealism". 21 December 2012.
- ↑ "Biography - Kyle Thompson". Kyle Thompson.
- ↑ Jones, Justin (2 December 2013). "Photographer Kyle Thompson Elevates the 'Selfie' to Self-Portraiture" – via www.thedailybeast.com.
- ↑ "Discover". Dolce & Gabbana. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Breathing Life into Disaster Porn: Kyle Thompson's Ghost Town".
- ↑ "Le foto surreali di Kyle Thompson - Il Post". 3 April 2018.
- ↑ "The entrancing self-portraiture of Kyle Thompson". 29 January 2014.
- ↑ "Surrealist Photographer Takes Out of This World Self-Portraits".
- ↑ "Kyle Thompson: la giovane star della fotografia Usa arriva a Caserta - Style". 29 March 2018.
- ↑ Fenini, Rita (2 April 2018). "La fotografia di Kyle Thompson alla Reggia di Caserta - Panorama".
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