Al J Thompson

Al J Thompson (born 1980) is a Jamaican-born American photographer, living in New York City.

Life and work

Thompson was born on the island of Jamaica. In 1996, aged 16, he moved to Spring Valley in Rockland County, New York. He now lives in New York City.

His first book, Remnants of an Exodus (2021), was made in Spring Valley and is about gentrification.

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Al J Thompson: Remnants of an Exodus". GUP Magazine. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  2. 1 2 "Remnants of an Exodus • Q&A with Al J Thompson". Vogue Italia. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  3. ↑ "A photographer bears witness to the gentrification of his childhood home". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. ↑ "The big picture: elegy for a lost New York community". The Guardian. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  5. ↑ Friedman, Maura (21 March 2021). "Visualizing Gentrification In 'Remnants Of An Exodus'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  6. ↑ Dwamena, Anakwa (20 March 2019). "A Photographer Chronicles Upheaval in His Suburban Home Town". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  7. ↑ "A photographer's elegy to a divided New York community". Huck Magazine. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-17.