Thomas is a photographer, artist, and educator based in the coastal town of Port Elliot, South Australia, an hours drive from Adelaide. His practice spans commercial photography, including music, fashion, events, and corporate work, while his personal projects focus on observational storytelling.

His work increasingly explores themes of escapism, leisure, community, and the human relationship to space, place, and meaning. Through a documentary-led approach, Thomas is interested in moments of pause, connection, and quiet tension within contemporary life. In recognition of this work, in 2025 he was a finalist in the Bowness Photography Prize, Australia’s richest photography prize, with the work exhibited at the Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh).

Alongside his visual practice, Thomas has written pieces spanning across music, travel, surf, and wellbeing genres. His writing has appeared in publications including WILD Magazine, Wasted Talent Magazine, Huck Magazine, Surf Visuals Magazine, and Pilerats.. Thomas works professionally as a SACE Photography and Design teacher and Wellbeing Coordinator. In 2021, he co-founded The Spray Room Gallery in Adelaide with Jack Fenby, where they curated a diverse program of exhibitions over two years.

Passionate about print media, Thomas has released a range of photographic zines. in 2022 he self published his first photobook ‘Carpark Stories’ and in 2025 he self published ‘Hart Avenue’. 

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PUBLISHED WORK AND ONLINE FEATURES
WILD Magazine / Huck Magazine / Brixton / Meanwhile Press / Sticks and Stones / Wasted Talent Magazine / Fleurieu Living Magazine / Meanwhile Press / Bayou Film Annual / Surf Visuals Magazine / Paper Sea Magazine / Summersite / Almost Real / Pilerats / Tight Blue Jeans / Rangoe Magazine / Feud Mag / Altair Zine / Culture Club Magazine

WRITTEN WORK
Thomas has written across genre's relating primarily to music, travel, surf, and wellbeing.
WILD Magazine, Wasted Tallent Magazine, Huck Magazine, Surf Visuals Magazine, Pilerats, Savage Thrills

CLIENTS INCLUDE
Brixton / Yeo Haus / Salty Reign / Sokoloff lingerie / Luna Wolf / Vintage / Swirl Records / PAK Music / Daybed Records / The Porch Sessions / Porch Records / University of South Australia / Corduroy Production / Laneway Festival / Monkeyhouse Festival / Beers at Our Place Festival / Field Good Festival / Etikette / Summertown Studio / Beach Burrito / Adelaide Festival / Haus Collage and Stoneware / Hither and Yon 

EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Bowness Photography Prize finalise exhibition, Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), Monash, Victoria. 
2025 - Mirage - solo exhibition for SALA, Hither & Yon, Willunga. 
2025 - Inhabit - group exhibition, F-Stop magazine, online. 
2025 - Hart Avenue - solo exhibition and book launch, Yeo Haus, Port Elliot.

2024 - Affordable Art Salon, group exhibition, Staff Only Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2024 - Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) Look! Group exhibition, Melbourne, Australia.
2024 - Near Far - A photographic archive, group exhibition, Staff Only Gallery, Adelaide, Australia

2023 - Hart Avenue, solo exhibition across multiple galleries, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia. 
2023 - Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) Look! Group exhibition, Melbourne, Australia.
2023 - Six Faces South, group exhibition, Good Bank Gallery, McLaren Vale, Australia. 
2023 - Hillvale Photo Trophy, open call exhibition, Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. 

2022 - Real Life, group exhibition and zine release, The Spray Room Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
2022 - Surf Photo Show, group exhibition at Good Bank Gallery, McLaren Vale, South Australia.
2022 - Carpark Stories, exhibition and book launch at The Spray Room Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
2022 - Who let the flies out, group exhibition at Good Bank Gallery, McLaren Vale, South Australia.
2022 - 2021 Illford CCP Salon, Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia.
2022 - Strange Days, group exhibition and Yeo Haus, Port Elliot, South Australia.
2022 - memory/OFF, group exhibition at Goodspace Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney, Australia.

2021 - Curated Lily Pook-Ryan / Mickey Mason ‘Jungle’ exhibition at the Spray Room Gallery, Somerton Park, South Australia.
2021 - Co-curated Opening Group Show at the Spray Room Gallery, Somerton Park, South Australia.

2020 - 'Luxury' group show at Chateau Apollo, Adelaide, SA
2020 - A Band Room Exhibition, group show at The Crown and Anchor, Adelaide, South Australia.

2019 - 'Soft Noise' exhibition at Yeah, Nice Gallery Mullumbimby, NSW
2019 - 'Funhaus' exhibition and zine launch at Yeo Haus Shop of Gentle Goods, Port Elliot, SA
2019 - 'Not Music,' group show supporting the Ethanol Blend's album launch at Beach Burrito, Adelaide, SA

2018 - 'Occupied,' solo exhibition at Good Day, Adelaide, SA

2015 - Select images featured as part of Meanwhile Press' 'Hard Lines' group exhibition, London

AWARDS/RECOGNITION
2025 - Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) Bowness Photography Prize finalist  

2024 - Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) Look! finalist
2023 - Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) Look! documentary winner. 

2022 - Illford CCP Salon Selected Highlights
2022 - Illford CCP Salon selected for 10th print edition of Melbourne Milieu by Adam Harding.

2021 - Goolwa Art and Photography Competition - Traditional Open Winner

2018 - Surfvisuals Photo Comp Finalist

2016 - I.P.F Photo Prize Shortlist