Thomas Bertson is a Hong Kong based photographer and educator. Much of his work is directed towards social related topics. He began his work in 2008 on shooting an extensive range of subjects including still life and portraiture. Subsequently he focused on documentary projects when he covered the Arab Spring (2011), wherein hundreds of photographs from the project were published, and Prison Escape (2012). A collection of his photographs can be seen on Vogue. In December 2020 he published his first book “Hong Kong: Photographic Journey in Search of Peace.”

Thomas Bertson

COMMISSIONS

Since 2008 Thomas has been taking a vast number of commissioned work until 2019. Where a drastic change was emerged in the world of commercial photography prior to the pandemic, that ultimately altered the market values and practices. In addition to the significant improvement of the artificial intelligence implementations that swerved the industry off the artistic approach. Accordingly Thomas concluded to adjust his work strategy in the manner that helps to maintain a decent level of quality as well as to avoid slipping in a parallel hackneyed work field, hence starting from 2022 a limited number of commercial jobs are accepted in order to adhere to the work principles and to guarantee authenticity.

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