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Linda Thompson is a doctoral student in artistic expression with a focus on photography at Mid Sweden University, collaborating with HDK-Valand at the University of Gothenburg. She works as a university lecturer in photography, graphic design, and industrial design at Mid Sweden University's Department of Natural Sciences, Design and Sustainable Development (NDH) in Sundsvall.
- Academic Background: BA in Photojournalism from University of Montana (2000), MA in Photojournalism from Mid Sweden University (2014)
- Research Focus: Environmental rephotography, documentary arts, migration, identity & place, and representation through artistic practice
Key Research Projects: "Revision and the River" examines witnessing and revision in documentary arts at Nämforsen hydropower site. "Emigrant Memoir" explores migration narratives through fragmented family archives and photojournalism.
Scientific Awards & Grants:
- Sveriges Författarfond grants (2020, 2016)
- Swedish Arts Council working grant (2019)
- Sune Jonsson Award (2016)
- Hasselblad Foundation Victor Fellowship nominee (2014)
Her artistic practice combines antique analog processes with digital rephotography to document environmental changes and migration histories. She has exhibited extensively in Sweden and the USA, including at the Sune Jonsson Centre and Missoula Art Museum.