About Thomas Martin Eads

  A photonic evocateur thinks that his electromagnetic questions are gentle, like a lover’s hand, tracing contours, making beauty sensate.

  But what is revealed depends on the state of the subject, changing as forces play out. These images reveal structure but only hint at dynamics. They suggest that a scene is "out there", its properties fixed. But that place will never be the same. And these images never show how embedded the photographer really is: interacting, exchanging, integrated with the world.
  If my skill is sufficient, and you are receptive, you will see that the image, a metaphor, refers back to you: the one who has been interacting, exchanging, integrated with the world all along.
  The photonic evocateur will be fluid, compliant, quiet, and attuned. He hopes that his images, the answers to questions he posed, report to you a hint of the mystery out there, so that you may position yourself appropriately.
  Awards and honors Publications
  2007 Juror, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Artist League Summer Annual Exhibition 2005 "Featured Artist", 1000 Friends of Florida, Fall Newsletter, 16 images including front cover
2005 LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival, Award of Merit 2005 "Tom Eads Photographer", Elizabeth Goldsmith, Home and Design Magazine, Tallahassee Democrat, February/March, p. 15
2005 Florida Heritage Month Book Festival, Division of Culture Affairs, Florida Department of State, "Florida Cultureal Heritage in Modern Photography", invited exhibition 2004 "Postcard Set", Florida Caverns State Park, 9 images
2004 LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival, Award of Excellence 2004 "Until Next Time", Tallahassee Magazine 25th Anniversary Issue, final page, full page image
2003 Photofest 2003, 1st Place (Palm Frond Stalks, see Details) 2001 "Kongakut River Valley", 9'Wx7'H triptych depicting Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, used in national campaign for conservation
2003 Creative Tallahassee, 2nd Place Overall (Winter Cypress, see Forests) 2001 "Panoramic Poetry", Thomas Eads, Big Picture Magazine, 4 images including front cover, simultaneously at http://www.bigpicture.net
2003 St. Marks Refuge Association Photo Contest, 2 Honorable Mentions Invited lectures
1999 Nature Conservancy Delaware Bayshores Photo Contest, 1st Place (Tied) 2005 "Arctic Ecology Backpack", Tallahassee Lion's Club, FSU Academy at Claude Pepper Institute of Florida State University, Tallahassee Civitan Club, Florida Trail Association, Sierra Club Big Bend Group,
1999 Washington Street Mall Art Show, Cape May, 3rd Place Overall 2000 "A Deceptively Casual Tour of the Western Arctic", Department of Geography, Florida State University
1999 Ocean City Boardwalk Art Show 1999, 1st Prize Photography/Digital 1999 "Arctic Ecology Backpack", National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1999 Cape May NJ Promenade Art Show, 1st Prize Photography 1997 "Backpacking the Arctic Landscape", Sierra Club Heartlands Group, Indianapolis IN
1998 Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC, Best in Show 1995 "Backpacking the Arctic Landscape", Sierra Club Wildcat Group, Lafayette IN
Exhibitions More about TME
2006 Artport Gallery "Arctic Panoramas", Tallahassee, (solo) Thomas is also a scientist, educator, and analyst. Learn more:
2004 City Hall Gallery "Creative Tallahassee" (group) View Thomas Eads's profile on LinkedIn
2003 Artport Gallery "Photofest", Tallahassee (group)
2003 Roland DGA US Headquarters (fine art printer manufacturer) Irvine, California
2003 City Hall Gallery, "Creative Tallahassee" (group)
2002 Artport Gallery "Light of Nature" Tallahassee (2 artists)
2001 Explorers Club art gallery "Next to Nature" (3 artists)
1999 Giorgio’s of Washington, DC (solo)
1998 John Clement Gallery, Kennewick, Washington (group)
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