Thad Russell is a fine art and editorial photographer whose work examines the contemporary American landscape, paying particular attention to the intersection of the built and natural worlds. Thad is a graduate of Stanford University and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he received his MFA in photography in 2006. His work has been published in Aint Bad, Fraction Magazine, London Observer, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, The New York Times and Photo District News, and exhibited at the Center for Architecture, Griffin Museum of Photography, Photographic Resource Center, and RISD Museum. Thad lives with his wife, Josephine Sittenfeld, and their two children in Providence, RI, and has been teaching at RISD since 2007.