About

artistic photographic alchemy

My work mixes analog and digital techniques to investigate the continuum between people and the rest of nature, as well as the continuing evolution of photography itself.

I am a fifth generation Benton County resident living within Champinefu, the traditional homeland of the Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya. After a year living & working in Kenya, I earned a BS degree in Entomology. Always a curious KAT, I moved to San Diego to manage a collection of spine-less organisms &, ultimately, burnt out of a career in Forensics. I continue to fight sexual violence through my art & supporting that of others’ at Light Rider Studios. I garnered a BFA in Photography & spent time in Seattle honing mad skills at Moonphoto, managing The Photocloset & cycling the city’s hilly streets.

Photography is the aptest medium for my art & science mind to make work that encourages positive relationships between peoples & planets.

Email // koa a tom @ gmail . com

Instagram // @ koa.tom & @ light.rider.studios

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