Thomas B Szalay, documentary photographer and his Springerdoodle Gracie.

Thomas Szalay

thomasszalayphoto@gmail.com 801-388-1511 United States

Topics of Focus

Diversity, culture, inner city, gender identies

Geographic Areas of Focus

The USA, Romania, Hungary, Mexico

Biography

b. January 27, 1955, a fraternal twin with brother Ted. I was raised in San Diego, California. In the 1970s after high school, I attended Palomar College, Maine Photographic Workshops, and Ohio University, where I earned a BFA degree. I became a photojournalist in 1983 for Southern California newspapers, including The San Diego Union-Tribune. A decade later I became a teacher at West High in Salt Lake City. I retired from teaching in 2019. My wife and I have three adult daughters, 3 grandkids and share our tiny home with three dogs and two ferrets! We call Ogden, Utah home.

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Exhibits on SocialDocumentary.net Country No. of Visits Year(s)

The Struggle Within. An exhibit about mental ...

The Struggle Within. Invisible to Visible. Many of these photographs were exhibited at the Main Salt...

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United States 205 2015 - 2023

Tom Castell

This early photo essay began when I was 22 and in college. It spans two and a half years concentrati...

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United States 872 1977 - 1979

Even The Sparrow Has Found a Home

Even The Sparrow Has Found a Home is Thomas Szalay's memoir of Izidor Ruckel and other Romanian ...

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Romania 2336 1991 - 2016

Bittersweet America

My photographs document a changing time in America. They are my observations about our capitalist cu...

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United States 1417 2013 - 2019

Somaliland Utah

Somaliland, Utah In 2007, young refugee students started to arrive in my classroom at West High S...

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United States 1537 2007 - 2021