Born in Vietnam and raised in Orange County, California, Tommy Wu is a self-taught photographer currently based in Los Angeles. Although Tommy’s training was in engineering, his creative right brain is what propels his photographic commissions and projects. Drawing from his experience as a gay Asian man, his photographic projects tend to explore memory, identity, and self-discovery.

Tommy has been an active member of Diversify Photo, a community of BIPOC photographers and creatives dedicated to building community, since 2020. During the pandemic in 2020, Tommy was invited to present two decades’ worth of his Pride Parade photos on the panel SF Pride 2020 – 50 Years, sponsored by California state senator Scott Wiener and curated by Joseph Abbati. Tommy’s work has appeared in A&U, The Advocate, Out Magazine, and HuffPost, among many other publications.

In 2019, Tommy created a personal project Be Visible, Be Counted to amplify the voices of underrepresented LGBTQ+ communities in response to the Trump Administration’s attempt to erase LGBTQ+ population in the Census. 

Shows & Awards

• 2020: Featured photographer, SF Pride 2020 – 50 Years project, presented by State Senator Scott Wiener 
• 2019: Be Visible, Be Counted project featured in Queer As Art gallery show, Photonic Playground gallery, Santa Ana, California 
• 2015: Photographic feature Let’s Strip Like Magic Mike published in Out Magazine 
• 2014: Photographic article “Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, Early November 2014” published in HuffPost 
• 2013: Photo appeared in American Photographic Artists Off The Clock juried show, Helms Design Center, Culver City, California 
• 2012: First Place, Photo District News (PDN) Magazine, Street Scene category 

Clients

A&U Magazine
ACLU Missouri
The Advocate
Big Fig Mattress
California Nurses Association
DORIAN Magazine
The Fashionisto Magazine
Fossa Apparel
Frontiers Magazine
Girls’ Life Magazine
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
HUF Magazine 
HuffPost 
Intuit Inc.
Karen Klein Fashion, Inc.
LAGLCC
Lemonlight
Ohlala Magazine
Out Magazine
Palm Springs Life Magazine
St. Louis Magazine
U.S. Bank

Contact 

(213) 271 6259