Multi-Media Project for Non-Profit Raising Funds for the Haitian People Following the 2010 Earthquake - $1,000,000 Raised
In the heart of a crowded gymnasium in Albania, an elderly man and his granddaughter share a joyous respite, immersed in laughter while awaiting aid alongside hundreds of other Kosovar refugees. In this touching interlude, the enduring bond between generations shines through, casting a beacon of hope amid the challenges of displacement. ©Thomas James Hurst/Time magazine - World Press Photo Award - Daily Life (2000)
The War In Kosovo
Pakistan In Rubble
Hafeeza Zaheen, center front, keeps a small cooking fire burning in her livestock stable, where family members gather for warmth and community. The earthquake that claimed thousands also killed her youngest child. ©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times
Rise of the Taliban - Afghanistan 1996
A small boy bears the zippered scars from a Taliban rocket attack in besieged Kabul, March 1996. ©Thomas James Hurst
Tragic aftermath: Lifeless body lies in Port-au-Prince, brutally bludgeoned amidst the chaos as a grieving community seeks justice for their beloved leader. ©Thomas James Hurst/Time magazine
Haiti on Fire
Photographer Resources
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Truth Needs No Ally
Reading this book and the steps I took afterwards changed my photography and life forever. I will write this chapter soon.
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Mary Ellen Mark
Her books aren’t cheap, so if you can’t afford to own the books you can still learn from her, her life, and her incredible body of work - just Googling her name.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Any of Bresson is worth owning, studying, and learning from. If your shooting documentary photography and haven’t devoured this man’s work you’re not shooting your best self yet.
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Photojournalism...
Another book in my development as young photographer trying to learn as much as possible, as fast as possible. Not to mention, the author, Ken Kobre, was my professor at San Francisco State.
“The Maroon”
©Thomas James Hurst/The Seattle Times
Daily Work
…Most recently, Thomas spent two months in the jungles of Burma covering what has become the longest standing civil war in modern history during 2022.
His work has been honored several times by World Press Photo, The Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, and he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his contribution to The Seattle Times staff’s coverage of the WTO riots in 1999.
Thomas is available for overseas projects, and consulting for others looking to travel into areas of conflict or difficult-to-access regions of the world.
Contact me
Lots of people helped me along the long, strange trip that is photography and journalism - the very least I can do is pay it forward. If I can be of help in some reasonable way that doesn’t include cash transfers, my last four, and my mother’s maiden…ie. do’s and don’ts, resources and ideas, strategy or consultive re: something you’re working on or someplace you’re trying to get to, contact me. I’ll respond.