Kristian Thacker is an artist, educator, and photographer currently based in Fairmont, West Virginia. His work follows the legacy of centuries of extraction of human capital and natural resources from central Appalachia.

His work has been featured in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Barrons, Bloomberg Businessweek, NPR, and the Washington Post among others. He's a photography lecturer at West Virginia University.

Commercial clients include AARP, Save the Children, FIGS, Edutopia, Accenture among others.

+1 304-261-7296 studio@kristianthacker.com