Lannan Foundation

Thomas Joshua Cooper, Artist - Galisteo, Spring 2000

Thomas Joshua Cooper is a photographer, master printer, and teacher. Catalogues of his work include Between the Dark and Dark and Dreaming the Gokstadt. He is head of the photography department at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.

Born in San Francisco in 1946, Mr. Cooper graduated in 1969 with a B.A. in Fine Art, Literature, and Philosophy, and in 1972 with an M.A. in Photography. In 1982 he moved to Scotland to found the Department of Fine Art Photography at Glasgow School of Art.

While in residence in Galisteo, Mr. Cooper continued work on The Rio Grande Series. Begun in 1985, the project focuses on sites along the Rio Grande that runs for over 2,000 miles from its source in the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico.