Based in Sydney, Thomas is an Australian photojournalist and travel photographer driven by a passion for exposing and championing environmental and humanitarian issues that exist in today’s societies, all over the world. Thomas’ work explores current social issues; combining his passion for creative storytelling with a desire to inspire positive social change. Working closely with local NGOs, charities and communities, this work has taken him across the world where he has founded projects and campaigns with refugees, environmental agencies, religious groups and education programs. His photographic journey began in 2016 when he spent 6 months documenting the north of India as part of his project ‘Oh India’ which, after first being released as an exhibition in Sydney, has since become his first photobook. The project was founded to support a remote education program Thomas visited in West Bengal and has so far raised over $10,000. In 2018 he attended the Speos International Photographic Institute in London, obtaining his diploma in professional photography. Parrish then went on to document the Camino del Norte, an 850km pilgrimage across Spain, raising money through sponsorship and prints sales for Amazon Watch as part of his project ‘Camino for the Amazon’. This project raised over $4000 for indigenous communities most affected by the fires in the Amazon in 2019. Thomas has since returned home to Australia where he has collaborated with his father, Mark Parrish, for his next fundraising project ‘Prints for Afghanistan’ which has so far raised over $2000 for AfghanAid through the sales of his father’s images of Afghanistan from 1977. His most recently released body of work ‘A Place Called Manly, A Place Called Home’, celebrates the everyday beauty of his hometown in Sydney, Australia and was exhibited in Paddington, Sydney. Thomas’s work has featured in multiple international photographic publications such as The Guardian, Suitcase Magazine, Lodestars Anthology, Australian Photography Magazine, Dodho Mag, Stade and more. “With my work I try to emphasise our responsibility as humans to care for the world, and to express the importance of compassion and identity, through engaging storytelling. I hope I ensure a positive impact for humanity and the natural world and that my photographs can act as an instrument for inspiration and change.”