Tom Hunter (born 1965, Bournemouth, UK) is a London-based artist whose medium is photography. He studied at the London College of Printing, and was the first photographer to have a one man show at the National Gallery, London.
His work has specialised in documenting life in Hackney, depicting local issues and sensationalist news headlines with compositions borrowed from the Old Masters. For instance, his photograph of a squatter, Woman Reading a Possession Order, imitates Johannes Vermeer's Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window. This photograph won the Kobal Photographic Portrait Award in 1998.[1][2]
Hunter has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including Living in Hell and Other Stories at the National Gallery, London; Tableaux Vivants at the Kunsthalle Vienna; Composure at the Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto; and Parallax at Sandronirey Gallery, California. In June 2007 he curated a group exhibition of work about the E8 area of Hackney by eight contemporary artists. The exhibition was held at Transition Gallery in London.