{"id":3380,"date":"2026-11-02T07:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/?page_id=3380"},"modified":"2026-11-02T07:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:14:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/?page_id=3380","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Koa A. Tom is an artist working in the margins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/koatom.com\/?attachment_id=3303\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3303\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3303\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/koatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4714.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Literally in ditches, sloughs, &amp; roadways and metaphorically with the medium of photography&#8217;s margins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/koatom.com\/?attachment_id=3364\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3364\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3364\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/koatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Koa-A-Tom-toilet-US-Oregon.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/koatom.com\/?attachment_id=3250\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3250\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3250\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/koatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kat-portfolio-2027-7.jpg?resize=525%2C526&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"526\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/koatom.com\/?attachment_id=2509\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2509\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2509\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/koatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6-1.jpg?resize=525%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/koatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6-1.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/koatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6-1.jpg?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/koatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6-1.jpg?resize=350%2C255&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/koatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attributes thought undesirable in photography earlier in its history, such as fading or tone, are why I choose them; I continue to explore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativephotography.com\">as many others do<\/a>, these processes to see what else they may offer when not holding them to the standard that drove photography until digital came along.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/koatom.com\/?attachment_id=3269\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3269\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3269\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/koatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kat-portfolio-2027-10-2.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koa A. Tom is an artist working in the margins. Literally in ditches, sloughs, &amp; roadways and metaphorically with the medium of photography&#8217;s margins. Attributes thought undesirable in photography earlier in its history, such as fading or tone, are why I choose them; I continue to explore, as many others do, these processes to see &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koatom.com\/?page_id=3380\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3380","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3380"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3385,"href":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3380\/revisions\/3385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}