T.J. Kirkpatrick

T.J. Kirkpatrick

T.J. Kirkpatrick

Portland, ME

T.J. Kirkpatrick is a documentary photographer based in Washington, D.C. He was born in California in 1984 and studied journalism at Boston University. After beginning his career in community newspapers in New England, he shifted to international humanitarian coverage before settling into a mix of documentary projects and photojournalism focused on national politics.

His professional and personal work is centered on advancing an awareness of the people and environments around us. T.J. slows down to better connect with his surroundings, finding humanizing moments and joy within the ordinary. Ultimately, his photographs invite viewers to be curious about the world around them and question what they know and believe.

He has exhibited work nationally and internationally, including the School of Visual Arts in New York, Filter Photo Festival in Chicago, and The Lucie Awards’ traveling Best-of-Show. T.J. is a regular contributor to The New York Times and his work has been recognized by American Photography, CENTER Santa Fe, PDN’s Photo Annual, and NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism.

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Nidhi Singh
Clodomir Jean-Louis
Tres Johnson
Harry Roberts, Sr.
Terry Crews attends a press room before the panel discussion for Brooklyn Nine-Nine during San Diego Comic-Con in San Diego, Calif., on July 19, 2018.
Portrait
Seth Rogen
Kwame Onwuachi is a 30-year-old, American-Nigerian chef with accolades including a James Beard Award and recognition from Esquire and Food & Wine as one of the year’s top chefs, and his restaurant Kith/Kin was also named one of the best new restaurants in the country by Esquire. Onwuachi is seen at Kith/Kin in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2019.
Nature
Gary Curtis sits in Rock Creek near Peirce Mill.
Antonio Pineda works out with a makeshift barbell near an exercise course in the park.
A group of friends, from front to back, Marsi, Kaelah and Douglas, hang out in the park.
Chris Wallace, anchor of Fox News Sunday, on the set of his show at the Fox studios near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on April 14, 2016.
Workers inflate a blow-up Independence Hall at the Tea Party Patriots' 'American Policy Summit' at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Ariz. on Feb. 25, 2011.
Beijing Botanical Garden
President Donald Trump announces that America will pull out of the Paris climate agreement, during a speech in the Rose Garden at The White House in Washington, D.C., on June 1, 2017.
The Association of Lincoln Presenters, a group of men and women who portray Abraham and Mary Lincoln and other historical figures such as Robert E. Lee and Frederick Douglass, tour the Vicksburg Military Park during their annual convention on April 12, 2014.
Mary Kay sales consultants attend the 50th anniversary Mary Kay Seminar in Dallas, Texas on Aug. 5, 2013.
White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, left, and newly-appointed Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, right, listen as President Donald Trump talks with reporters during an exclusive Wall Street Journal interview at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 25, 2017.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reacts to seeing the sign over the ceremonial Speaker’s office bearing his name, after he was elected and sworn in as Speaker following 15th rounds of voting over the course of the week, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2023.
Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, seen at a Politico roundtable discussion at The Monocle restaurant in Washington, DC on June 16, 2016.
Mark McKinnon covers a press conference with Roger Stone in Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2019.
Jonna Mendez, former Chief of Disguise at the Central Intelligence Agency, is seen at her home in Reston, Va., on September 6, 2019. Mendez and her husband Tony Mendez, also a former CIA Chief of Disguise, have authored memoirs together and both were involved in the planning of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC on November 4, 2014.
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich waits to appear on the Mike Huckabee show after speaking at a Tea Party Bus Tour event as a diner picks through a buffet of fried chicken at a Pizza Ranch restaurant in Indianola, Iowa on June 25, 2011.
Congressional staff members and journalists stand in front of a television showing a live broadcast from the House chamber as Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) gives a speech after being elected Speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2023.
Marine One approaches for a landing beside Air Force One as the president travels to Arizona, to tour the construction of a new semiconductor plant, in Joint Base Andrews, Md., on December 6, 2022.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) waits for a live television interview to start after the State of the Union, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2023.
Chairs
Motorcycles
Jetski
Siryia Mesa prepares food to grill as her son Gigi, 8, watches, and 4-month-old Sensi naps while the family enjoys one last cookout before the start of virtual school.
Stephen Ferry Ta Mwe