About THOMAS WERNER
Thomas is the author of the books The Business of Fine Art Photography, Routledge, New York and The Fashion Image for Bloomsbury Publishing, London. A creative consultant, Thomas works one on one with students, creatives, businesses, cultural institutions, and not for profits helping them refine their communications, and achieve their goals in fashion and fine arts. He is also an Editor at Large for IRKmagazine, a Paris based fashion and culture magazine and website, an instructor at the Santa Fe Workshops, founder of Thomas Werner Projects Podcast, the Global Editorial Director at Les Loupes des Steppes Publishing, and past Photography Program Director at Parsons School of Design in New York. He is the former owner of Thomas Werner Gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea Art District, a former National Board member and New York Chapter President for the American Society of Media Photographers, and has been a photography consultant for COACH and Rodale Publishing, among others. Thomas was previously a member of the Advisory Board Member for Ithaca College’s Executive Education Program, and a contributor to Adobe’s Lightroom Academy. As an exhibiting artist he was represented by galleries in New York and Los Angeles, with his work reviewed in The New Yorker Magazine. Thomas currently lectures internationally on the topics of photography, fashion, innovation, education, and contemporary professional practices.
Werner also led a team developing a media and literacy web site and resource center in five languages, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and English for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations/UNESCO. He has worked with the United States Department of State on cultural projects in Russia and was a recurrent instructor at the United Nations Education First Summer School. Thomas is now presenting workshops on effective message development, team management and visual communication on an international basis, including a series of presentations and workshops in 6 cities across China.
From 2025 to 2020 his research was Russia centric spending an average of 30 days a year there partnering with 32 cultural, educational, and governmental organizations to develop projects in 29 cities. The focus has been the introduction of contemporary education methodologies, and the development of creative cultures within the country. Russian partners have included; The State Hermitage Museum, the National Center of Contemporary Art, Perm Regional Government, The Moscow Biennale for Young Art, National Centre of Photography for the Russian Federation, The Central State Archive of Film, Photographic and Phonographic Documents, The Moscow Biennale, The Pro Arte Foundation, and others. He has curated exhibitions in the United States and abroad, including seven co-curated exhibitions at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His private collection of Russian photographs and artifacts have been exhibited internationally.
