Tom Marshak (b.1982) is an intuitive photographer living and working in London, UK. He uses the camera to better understand the world around him and feels very deeply about people. His work is driven by his personal discoveries of strangeness in everyday life and a fascination with the contradictions and opposites found within social and cultural landscapes. Tom is Operating both analogue and digital photography, able to portray human subjects, landscapes and objects, respecting their nature. A minimalist and essential approach is what he appreciates and investigates through his work.
In 2019 he published his first artist book ‘A Diary’, based on the ongoing documentary project he began in 2011. The book was presented at the White Chapel Gallery and The Photographers Gallery Bookshops in London. The project was also presented in different international group exhibitions.
The British Journal of Photography nominated Tom for ‘The Ones To Watch’ award in 2021,
and for the winning portrait of the Portraits Of Humanity award in 2023.
A DIARY /
‘A Diary’ is a growing series of daily life photographs, taken by Marshak and has been since its beginning in 2011 chronologically archived on his website. Companions, family, and landscapes are saturated in the atmospheric hum of everyday life.
Carrying different analogue cameras wherever he goes, Marshak uses photography to observe and explore;
Noticing people, their transitions and sensibilities, and eventually how they transcend into a representation of a point in time and culture.
It is a personal experience around the cycle of seasons, Marshak creates a vocabulary focusing on the continuous transformation of himself.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Royal Geographic Society ‘Earth Photo’ exhibition - London, U.K
2023 British Journal of Photography - Portrait of Humanity winner - London, U.K
2022 Yves Saint Laurent, Pink Matter group exhibition - Paris, France.
2022 Somesuch Stories Issue 6 - L.A / London
2021 British Journal of Photography Ones to watch nomination. 1854’s Fast Track program winner - London, U.K
2021 Bibliotheca Gallery, Group exhibition - London, U.K
2020 Millepiani - Rome, Italy
2020 Haze Gallery - Berlin, Germany
2020 ‘A Diary’ Book launch and solo exhibition - Maze9 gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2019 Helsinki Photo Festival - Helsinki, Finland
2018 Geste Gallery - Paris, France
2015 Annual Exposure Award, Museum du Louvre - Paris, France
2015 Fresh Paint Art Fair, in collaboration with artist Anna Mirkin - Tel Aviv, Israel