thomas william luke macom was born in the bronx, new york in february 1987 to nurturing and wildly insane native new yorkers. for most of his early childhood he was raised by wolves in the urban/suburban utopia of yonkers, new york, home of the first pencil factory in the united states and "son of sam" killer david berkowitz.

macom was highly influenced by the life brought about by feeding ducks in the park, the ghostbusters, and his mother's perm, which lasted well into the 1990s. educated in the brilliant, though highly dangerous, yonkers public school system, macom displayed a great ease and enjoyment for learning, and excelled in all areas. during his early teenage years, before he was gifted with a cognitive brain and a personality, he spent his life in blissful ignorance. his world was shattered and his life ruined upon entry into a private high school in 2001, where his thoughts languored upon morbid and solitary concepts. in 2003 he entered into another school, where he was greatly influenced by wonderful personalities amongst the staff and faculty. though he still expressed a great disdain for his fellow students, he was happy. it was somewhere around this point that macom attained nirvana and began the awakened life of a buddha.

in 2006, following one false start, macom moved to new orleans, from where he is currently carrying out operations in total bliss.

macom uses canon film and digital 35mm slr cameras. he recently picked up a yashicaflex tlr camera in japan, which uses 120 film and produces 6cm x 6cm square negatives. he is currently in love with it. he does not believe that digital is magic. he has also been seen with a campy polaroid instant camera. polaroid is magic. macom uses ilford hp5 35mm film, but usually settles for kodak tri-x. he used ilford delta 400 professional film once, but some yutz opened the door while he was loading his undeveloped film into the developing tank. he thought the exposures that did survive looked tops. macom uses ilford paper for printing.

macom will do things for you if you ask him.

e-mail: tom dot macom at gee mail dot com