HANK WILLIS THOMAS, winner of the first ever Aperture West Book Prize for his monograph Pitch Blackness (November, 2008), received his BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and his MFA in photography, along with an MA in visual criticism, from the California College of the Arts, San Francisco.

His work was featured in the exhibition and accompanying catalog, 25 under 25: Up-and-Coming American. He has exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the U.S. and abroad, including the Studio Museum in Harlem; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas; Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, New York; Artists Space, New York; and National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. among others.

To find out more, visit Hank's website.