Tim Hammond is an American photographer who moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1980 to begin a career at the Trane Company Laboratory after four years of active duty in the United States Air Force. He was born in Garrison, North Dakota in 1955 to a construction worker father and a stay at home mom, the quintessential nineteen-fifties blue-collar family. At an early age he and his family moved to Superior, Wisconsin where Tim grew up.
He developed a love for photography while in elementary school. Using a Polaroid Swinger camera Tim’s parents had given him for Christmas he began taking pictures of people in their environment. Little did he know that he was already becoming a street photographer. He’s maintained a connection with photography ever since. Tim is a photographer who primarily devotes his photographic creativity to Street Photography and Environmental Portrait Photography. “What’s important,” he states, “is showing people living in their everyday environment.”
In addition to being self-taught, his photographic education includes training while a Photographer’s Mate in the United States Naval Reserves, classes at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-L) as an Art and Communication Major, and a number a Workshops in Street Photography in Chicago and New York City.
Several instructors deserve special mention. During a class at UW-L Justyna Badach, his instructor at the time, encouraged him to follow his instincts and ‘go into the streets.’ She helped him realize that he was becoming a Street Photographer rather than a studio photographer. Tim comments, “Justyna’s critical yet profound statement lead me to understand that the world was my studio and the subjects are endless.”
In August 2015 Tim attended a workshop with internationally acclaimed photographer Peter Turnley. Other Street Photography workshop instructors he studied with include Valerie Jardin, James Maher, Eric Kim and Satoki Nagata. Photographers who have influenced his work include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks and Dorothea Lange.
Tim has received a variety of awards and honors for his photography. During the La Crosse Oktoberfest Photography Contest he received First Place in 2014, Second Place in 2015, and a number of Honorable Mentions in previous years. Additionally his project, titled “My Seven Day Project,” was featured in Issue 13 (June 2014) of the online photographic publication Street Photography Magazine.
Written by:
Daniel Johnson - Writer and Storyteller
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He developed a love for photography while in elementary school. Using a Polaroid Swinger camera Tim’s parents had given him for Christmas he began taking pictures of people in their environment. Little did he know that he was already becoming a street photographer. He’s maintained a connection with photography ever since. Tim is a photographer who primarily devotes his photographic creativity to Street Photography and Environmental Portrait Photography. “What’s important,” he states, “is showing people living in their everyday environment.”
In addition to being self-taught, his photographic education includes training while a Photographer’s Mate in the United States Naval Reserves, classes at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-L) as an Art and Communication Major, and a number a Workshops in Street Photography in Chicago and New York City.
Several instructors deserve special mention. During a class at UW-L Justyna Badach, his instructor at the time, encouraged him to follow his instincts and ‘go into the streets.’ She helped him realize that he was becoming a Street Photographer rather than a studio photographer. Tim comments, “Justyna’s critical yet profound statement lead me to understand that the world was my studio and the subjects are endless.”
In August 2015 Tim attended a workshop with internationally acclaimed photographer Peter Turnley. Other Street Photography workshop instructors he studied with include Valerie Jardin, James Maher, Eric Kim and Satoki Nagata. Photographers who have influenced his work include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks and Dorothea Lange.
Tim has received a variety of awards and honors for his photography. During the La Crosse Oktoberfest Photography Contest he received First Place in 2014, Second Place in 2015, and a number of Honorable Mentions in previous years. Additionally his project, titled “My Seven Day Project,” was featured in Issue 13 (June 2014) of the online photographic publication Street Photography Magazine.
Written by:
Daniel Johnson - Writer and Storyteller
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
