Preston Lewis Thomas Photographs

Preston Lewis Thomas Photographs Fine Art, Photojournalism and Street Photography by Preston Lewis Thomas.

Photographer
Current Residence: Chicago, IL

I am a photographer, musician, and writer. I make photographs of what surrounds me, filling in the interstitial spaces of photojournalism, street photography and fine art - allegiance free, without privileging either form. I seek to recount a story with every photograph, my approach is informed by a multitude of disciplines. Omnipresent influences inclu

de the work of Gordon Parks, Richard Avedon, James Van Der Zee, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Norman Lewis, Ansel Adams, my early exposure to Verve album covers, and the lyrics of Joni Mitchell. Photographic Exhibitions
2019: Discussion & Slide Presentation: Memory and Archive, Mana Contemporary Chicago: Morning Prayer Lake
2019: Photo Exhibit: LA HABANA | Lens Paintings from Dreamland
2019: Photo Exhibit: The Adjacent Shore
2018: Photo Exhibit: Surface + Texture
2018: Photo Exhibit: Faces from the Women’s March, Chicago
2017: Photographs from my series Dance Encounters Architecture Licensed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects - lead architects of the Obama Library
2017: Photo Exhibit: Wanderlust and Dreamland in La Habana
2017: Photo Exhibit: Through My Lens, A Black Girl’s Magic
2015: Featured Artist in the Harlem Fine Arts Show “Beyond Color” Exhibit

Symposiums & Teaching
2017: Photographic Symposium for the Chicago Architecture Biennial: Dance Encounters Architecture
2016 - 2017: Teaching Artist for the University of Chicago's Logan Center for the Arts

Awards
2016: Recipient of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (DCASE) Individual Artist Grant

Collections
Dance Encounters Architecture: Licensed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Work currently held in Private Collections: United States, Canada, UK, Argentina

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11/28/2025

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•Shop Local
•Support Living Artists
•Acquire Something Lasting

"Art has saved my life on a regular basis..."
-Carrie Mae Weems

Carry on.

"In the Mood"16" x 24"Color Pigment Print Archival Rag Paper
10/27/2025

"In the Mood"
16" x 24"
Color Pigment Print
Archival Rag Paper

Hope to see you guys at tomorrow night's closing exhibition!Ephemera Gallery1810 W 103rd St., Chicago Friday | 6p - 9p•C...
10/24/2025

Hope to see you guys at tomorrow night's closing exhibition!

Ephemera Gallery
1810 W 103rd St., Chicago
Friday | 6p - 9p

•Come spend a little time.
•Enjoy a bit of Bourbon or Vino.
•View / Buy Something Lasting.

Also,
My annual SALE ends Saturday, 10/25.
30% Off Unframed Work
Use Promo Code: PHOTO30

www.preston.camera

Luv Ya.
P.

Closing Reception at Ephemera Gallery.Showing a bit of work from my series titled Beneath the Sheltering Sky...Along wit...
10/20/2025

Closing Reception at Ephemera Gallery.
Showing a bit of work from my series titled
Beneath the Sheltering Sky...
Along with artist Thandi Cai.

Come See!
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Or visit my website (www.preston.camera) to view my photographs.
Smooches.
P.

Here, I speak to the ones who made me.20" x 15"Color Pigment Print Archival Rag Paperc.2020(Click to view)
10/12/2025

Here, I speak to the ones who made me.

20" x 15"
Color Pigment Print
Archival Rag Paper
c.2020

(Click to view)

A Lovely and Obvious Pairing.Untitled Moment from a Dream -No.3 and No.4From my series -Beneath the Sheltering Sky
10/08/2025

A Lovely and Obvious Pairing.

Untitled Moment from a Dream -
No.3 and No.4

From my series -
Beneath the Sheltering Sky

https://preston.camera/photographsMY PHOTOGRAPHS | A SALE | 30% OFFUse Promo Code: PHOTO30 at Checkout.Unframed Work.Sal...
10/05/2025

https://preston.camera/photographs

MY PHOTOGRAPHS | A SALE | 30% OFF
Use Promo Code: PHOTO30 at Checkout.

Unframed Work.
Sale Ends October 25th.

Thank you for bringing my Art into your home, and for supporting Living Artists.

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"The Supply Run" Havana, Cuba, c.2016 © Preston Lewis Thomas 18" x 27" Color Pigment Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Been revisiting my photographs from Dreamland. Planning a solo exhibit for late spring.

This remains one of the most significant validations of my work as a photographer and artist. "Thank you for the use of ...
11/01/2024

This remains one of the most significant validations of my work as a photographer and artist.

"Thank you for the use of your photograph - it will be a beautiful ending to a presentation in our lectures to architecture schools. It is an antidote to so many images which never have any people. It is a reminder that we make buildings for people and not ourselves..."
-Bille Tsien
One of the principal architects for the David and Reva Logan Center for the Arts, and currently the Obama Library

You can see more here:
https://www.preston.camera/dance-encounters-architecture-prints

This Artist Life.

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312.715.7775

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