Welcome to my world of art!
Nice to have you here.
My name is Tom Leather.
I'm a visual artist.
As the son of a famous industrial designer, I was born with a sense of aesthetics, beauty and truthfulness. With big eyes, I let my father introduce me to the wonders of shapes, colors and tactile perception when I was a little boy.
At the age of 12 I held his photo camera in my hands for the first time and it magically merged with me.
From that day on I saw the world with different eyes.
From that day I saw all precious things and truths.
From that day on, I saw beauty no one else saw.
beauty in silence.
Beauty in simplicity.
Beauty in imperfection.
It was precisely this special eye that allowed me to complete my studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg with distinction. To this day I am my mentor
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to Professor Ottmar Hörl for making me his master student and for knowing how to polish my “third eye” like a diamond in the rough at all levels of art.
I can now look back on 30 years of experience
at national and international level.
I'm a photographer, cameraman, video producer.
But above all, I am Tom.
A visual artist.
With a blazing heart, a sharp mind and a deep soul.
Because the most beautiful and deepest thing a person can feel is the feeling of mystery.
That behind what we can experience there is something that is unattainable for our spirit, whose beauty and sublimity only briefly reflects on us.
I have committed myself to this secret.
Film, photography and music are my means of expression.
It's finally here, a great book.
>>Beware Utopia!<<
Inside. A little history of the slave island "Kuntha Kinte Island" in The Gambia enchants with Tom Leather, Mr Bah and Fatima Jobe Gambia's top model and of course many other utopias of this world.
Podcast on Soundcloud if you click on the image.
Greetings to Prof. Fabian Schäfer & of course Mia
Becker, S., Schäfer, F., & Trunk, M. (Eds.) (2021). Beware Utopia! Nuremberg: Institute for applied heterotopia.
Who is Tom Leather?
Tom Leather is a German-Italian artist, fashion photographer and video producer. Born 1976 in Regensburg, Bavaria. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg. Master student of Prof. Ottmar Hörl. Known for international and national photography and art projects. His works are in private and public collections. Africa - Milan - Regensburg.
