Thomas Roma

Twice the recipient of Guggenheim Fellowships (1982 and 1991) and a New York State Council for the Arts Fellowship (1973), Thomas Roma's work has appeared in one-person and group exhibitions internationally, including one-person shows with accompanying books at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the International Center of Photography. In 2003 he received a New York City Council Proclamation for contributions to the cultural and educational life of New York City and in 2011 the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

Roma has published fourteen monographs including Come Sunday,Sunset Park, Higher Ground, Enduring Justice (with an introduction by Norman Mailer), The Waters of Our Time (with a collaborative text by his son, Giancarlo T. Roma), and most recently In the Vale of Cashmere (with an introduction by G. Winston James). In 2010, the Wallach Gallery at Columbia University exhibited his work and published Pictures for Books, a catalogue including work from four of his series. He has taught photography since 1983 at Yale, Fordham, Cooper Union, and The School of Visual Arts and in 1996 became the Director of the Photography Program at Columbia University School of the Arts where he is a Professor of Art. He was also a founding photographer of DoubleTake Magazine. 

Courtesy of Steven Kasher Gallery