Brandon Thibodeaux is a photographer and educator based in Houston, TX, who creates portraits in the documentary tradition. In addition to his assignment work and creative commissions, he explores life in the American South. He is a guest instructor with the Santa Fe Photographic and Maine Media Workshops, as well as both the Houston and Los Angeles Centers of Photography.

His project, In That Land of Perfect Day, has been featured by numerous publications including American Photo Magazine, B+W Magazine, Garden &Gun, PDN, Port Magazine, Oxford American, The New York Times Lens Blog, Time.com and The Washington Post.

His work is included in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, and various private collections.

Clients & Publications

AirB&B, AT&T, Atlantic Records, ESPN, Guardian, LeMonde, FADER, Harper's, FT Weekend Magazine, Shell Oil International, Smithsonian Magazine, Match.com, Mother Jones, Monocle, New Yorker, The New York Times, Shell Oil International, Smithsonian Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, among others.

Awards & Accolades

2016 Palm Springs Photo Festival Portfolio Review Prize

2014 Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, Recipient

AI AP: American Photography 30 – Selected Works

2013 Photolucida: Critical Mass Solo Exhibition Award

Photolucida: Critical Mass, Top 50

CENTER Awards: Gallerist Choice Award, 2nd Place

PDN Faces Contest: First Place

Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, Finalist

2012 Photolucida: Critical Mass, Finalist

Magenta Foundation: Flash Forward, US Winner

Oxford American: 100 Under 100, New Superstars of Southern Art