The Next Generation of Photographers Are The Class of 2024

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of publishing house Thames & Hudson, the legendary ‘museum without walls’ continues its boundary-breaking tradition with Class of 2024 — a photography book supporting future image-makers from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). The launch accompanies Photo London as three artists featured in Class of 2024 participated in a panel discussion at the fair.

The book, which additionally celebrates the 45th anniversary of SCAD, showcases the importance of a class undeterred by an over saturation of social media images ‘by’ anyone. Young artists featured in Class of 2024 exemplify results fueled by a collective ambition for images designed to innovate. Each artist focused on central themes — nightmares; dreams and dreamers; nostalgia; isolation; identity and ethnicity; words left unsaid; classic portraiture — that often develop into several visual narratives that circle back into each artist’s perspective. SCAD graduates’ exploration of future perspectives embraces how the world works today alongside technical processes that evolve the ‘tomorrow’ required in image-making.

Unsurprising then that SHOWstudio founder Nick Knight — a constant advocate on future forms of beauty — contributed a quote to Class of 2024:

‘Photography is a passport into life. With a camera you can approach anyone, you go anywhere in the world or indulge any of your fantasies.’

I wonder if I dream while sleeping or if my mind finally sleeps. The moments of visual words jumping around in my head right before I fall asleep is all I vaguely remember.
Joel Dubroc

When I present my work, I wield the power to choose what I show, and through these choices I can challenge preconceptions and offer perspectives that often are overlooked.
Kourtney Iman King

This sense of questioning what you see, questioning what is real, turns the viewer into a dreamer, too.
Ying Chen

So I created this series, and its meaning is just like its title: it’s meaningless.
Shan Shi

Let the unspoken drive acts of kindness, understanding and unity.
Vino Pan

I reference classical photography and art history, but my primary focus is portraiture, as I find people to be the most captivating and engaging subjects.
Will Foerster

Blackberries is a visual conversation with my grandfather, documenting the life he left behind in Corvallis, Oregon.
Davis Clem

The feeling of nothing during the day is not the same quality of emotion as the feeling of nothing at night.
Tyler Basa

I spent most of the series driving in solitude, from dusk until dawn, from location to location, like an undetected spectator under the cloak of night.
Xavier Thompson

My motivation is simple: I believe that everyone has ideas that need to be illuminated and understood.
Wisdom Warner