about

Linda Thompson is a visual artist based in Missoula, Montana. 

From an early age, Linda has been surrounded by a love of photography and storytelling. She learned the basics of photography at her high school darkroom before attending the University of Montana. There she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with an emphasis in photojournalism.  Born in Sweden, and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Linda is a photographer with feet planted firmly in two countries.  In Sweden, she coordinated Dokument03 , an international photography and film festival.  Linda found a love of teaching while an instructor of photography at Mid-Sweden University- home of the country’s first university program dedicated to photojournalism. While living in Northern Sweden she also completed a documentary photography studies program at Hola Folkhögskola, with a project titled "Nostalgia".  Since moving back to Missoula she covers the happenings of Western Montana as a staff photographer for the Missoulian newspaper.  Her work has appeared in local and regional publications as well as The Economist, The New York Times and USA Today.  Linda returned to Sweden in the winter of 2009 to work on "No Place Like Home", a documentary project exploring the refugee situation in Sweden, which was shown in Missoula in March 2009.