People nominee

In this series of black and white environmental portraits, I have turned my camera on the people who work behind the scenes in Hollywood, to focus on their lives inside and outside of the film set. These filmmakers are freelance, not tied to a 9-5 desk job. Their existence is a combination of skill, luck and perseverance. Freelance film work is out on the edge of fame and total catastrophe. What do these artists do in their free time? I have found them in their place of work and at home or in a surrounding they use as an escape from the rigors of their professions. They have become accustomed to living behind the lens and by placing them in front of the camera I have sought to capture a vulnerable honesty, a visceral moment of contemplation or a glimmer in their eye. Like a film junky, a taste of the next fix.

Tom Lowe is an award-winning photographer based in Los Angeles, CA. A graduate of Montana State University, Tom has spent 25 years in the commercial production business, crafting advertisements for leading national and international brands. His photography has been featured in Photography Masterclass Magazine, F-Stop Magazine, Dodho Magazine, and was a finalist in the Shoot the Land, Jamestown Audubon Society, and Nature Photography contests. Tom is a former National Park Service Artist-in-Residence, and his resulting self-published book, Mojave Moonlight, was selected to participate in Boston’s 2014 Photobook International Juried Exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography. His portrait work was recently accepted into the National Photographic competition and exhibition at the Photo Spiva Center For The Arts in Joplin, Missouri and was awarded a Silver Medal at the San Francisco International Photography Exhibition.

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
• Gallery417, Los Angeles, CA – Mojave Moonlight – July 9 – August 11, 2015
• G2 Gallery, Venice, CA – Mojave Moonlight – July 29 – Sept 14, 2014
• Desert Light Gallery, Kelso Depot, Mojave National Preserve – Mojave Moonlight – March 8 – June 14, 2014
• Sierra Club Camera Committee: One Hour Presentation of Mojave Moonlight