In That Land of Perfect Day

• Prize
  Gold in Book/Monograph
• Photographer
  Brandon Thibodeaux, United States
• Studio
  Brandon Thibodeaux Photography
• Website
  http://www.brandonthibodeaux.com
• Instagram
  @brandonthibodeaux

Depicts the rural African American experience of the Mississippi Delta while reflecting upon the region’s history through tales of racial strife, struggle and triumph.

For the past eight years I have lived with and photographed a number of families in townships and villages spanning some 40 square miles of the northern Mississippi Delta; Towns with names like Alligator, BoBo, and Duncan, as well as the United States’ oldest completely African American municipality, Mound Bayou.

Brandon Thibodeaux's career in photography began at a small daily newspaper in southeast Texas while studying photography at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX, under Keith Carter. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism from the University of North Texas with a specialization in International Development.
He currently resides in Houston, TX, where he works for clients like AT&T, ESPN, Shell Oil Smithsonian Magazine, Mother Jones, Monocle, FT Weekend Magazine, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Awards 2017 - Slow Exposures Juried Exhibition, 1st Place Award

2016 - Palm Springs Photo Festival Portfolio Review Prize

2014 - Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, Recipient
- AI AP: American Photography 30 – Selected Works

2013
- Photolucida: Critical Mass Solo Exhibition Award - Griffin Museum of Photography
- Photolucida: Critical Mass, Top 50 (When Morning Comes)
- CENTER Awards: Gallerist Choice Award, 2nd Place (When Morning Comes)
- PDN Faces Contest: First Place (‘Mississippi 662’ - When Morning Comes)
- Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, Finalist

2012
- Photolucida: Critical Mass, Finalist (When Morning Comes)
- Magenta Foundation: Flash Forward, US Winner (When Morning Comes)
- Oxford American: 100 Under 100, New Superstars of Southern Art 2012
- Center: Review Santa Fe, Participant (When Morning Comes)

2011
- FotoWeek DC: 1st Place, Portrait (‘Switch For My Cousin’ - When Morning Comes)
- Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, Finalist

2010
- LOOKbetween Featured Artist, Charlottesville, VA, 2010

2009
- Getty Reportage Emerging Talent, 2009-10

2007
- Hearst Journalism Awards Program, San Francisco, CA, Finalist

2006
- Eddie Adams Workshop XIX, Jeffersonville, NY