Tom Pope is a British performance photographer born in Bristol, he studied photography in arts at Swansea Metropolitan University, 2008 then he went on to study photography at The Royal College of Arts in 2011. Tom Pope’s work involves photographing an act, he uses videos because he thinks that one still image can’t capture the whole performance. Some of his videos are humorous where as others have a deeper meaning to them, Tom likes the idea of repetition and incorporating the public into his work as it makes it more interesting. Although some of his work looks spontaneous he puts a lot of work into them behind the scenes such as getting permissions. However, Tom also likes to push the boundaries of society by doing things which aren’t seen as acceptable in society. Some of the awards that Tom has won include: 2013, Public Arts Grant, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. 2011
Deutsche Bank Award Winner of the £10,000 Bursary Prix Leica Photography Prize and in 2010 Photograph of the month, National Portrait Gallery London.
