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Tom Hunter (artist)
British artist
Tom Hunter (born 1965) is a London-based British artist working in photography and film. His photographs often reference and reimagine classical paintings.
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He was the first photographer to have a one-man show at the National Gallery, London.[1]
Hunter has shown work internationally in exhibitions, his work is held in a number of public collections and he has had four books published.
He has won various awards including an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.
Life and work
Hunter was born in Bournemouth, UK. He studied at the London College of Printing[2] and gained an MA from the Royal College of Art in London.[2]
His work has specialised in documenting life in Hackney, depicting local issues and sensationalist news headlines with compositions borrowed from the Old Masters.[3] For instance, his photograph of a squatter, Woman Reading a Possession Order, references Johannes Ver