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Linda Maria Thompson

@lindamariathompson.bsky.social
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Documentary photographer investigating the hydropower myth in 🇸🇪 | PhD student in artistic practice at HDK Valand and Mid Sweden University | Former Missoulian | UMontana J-school alum | Current WIP #revisionandtheriver | Consistently sporadic at posting

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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I grew up in Indy! What brought you there?
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Out reminding myself of the good in the world with Buddy.
Danish Swedish Farm Dog on a snowy trail in woods.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Thank you for sharing @kinarnicholas.bsky.social 🙏
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Så fint💛
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
👏👏
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Snyggt✨
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Read my text about documenting tourist-water in Cultural Geographies: doi.org/10.1177/1474...
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(In)visible powers: witnessing the ‘tourist-waters’ of Nämforsen - Linda Maria Thompson, 2023
This artistic research reflection explores Sweden’s legally-mandated ‘tourist-release’ at the Ångermanälven River’s storied site of Nämforsen. Against World War...
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Thanks Ronald!
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is ”Tourist-water”. An embodiment of the hydropower myth. Despite its beauty, the flow has no ecological benefits. #touristwater #revisionsndtheriver #hydropowermyth #hydropeaking #artisticresearch
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
About documenting tourist-water in Cultural Geographies Journal doi.org/10.1177/1474...
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I wrote about the difficulties documenting tourist-water here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
#documentaryphotography #environmentallyconcernedphotography #ecovisualliteracy #artisticresearch
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Rephotographic montage of Nämforsen rapid’s dry riverbed with inset of ”tourist-water” from my PhD project #revisionandtheriver investigating the hydropower myth in Sweden through documentary photography💦 lindamthompson.com
Rephotographic digital montage of a dry riverbed with inset of when the dam is released.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
💫New website with recent work from my PhD project #revisionandtheriver investigating the hydropower myth through documentary photography💦 lindamthompson.com #documentaryphotography #environmentallyconcernedphotography #ecovisualliteracy #artisticresearch
A person inhaling the scent of pine branches beside river rapids Nämforsen.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Great job you guys👏👏
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Check it out 🤗 lindamthompson.com
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
💫New website with recent work from my PhD project #revisionandtheriver investigating the hydropower myth through documentary photography💦 lindamthompson.com #documentaryphotography #environmentallyconcernedphotography #ecovisualliteracy #artisticresearch
River enthusiasts silhouetted against waterfall.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
It’s the opposite this time of year and so good to remember the summer light also exists!
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Well, I’ve never seen this before❄️⚡️❄️
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Solstice times✨ Sunrise 09:21, sunset 14:13.
Silhouette of a person holding dog in front of a bonfire on December 20 2025.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
It’s 1pm and the sun is setting up north. Out for a lunch walk with my buddy. There”s no snow on the ski trails but the sun finally broke through the rain.
Little dog sitting in the woods at sunset.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🥰
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Morning✨
Danish-Swedish farm-dog on a rocky trail at sunrise in boreal forest.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Döden på Vitön! Så hjärtskärande detta dokumentär är. Vilken historia. Vilka bilder. Dessutom är en av de medverkande experter min f.d. handledare Tyrone Martinsson som gick bort i våras, alldeles för ung. Han hade forskat om bilderna som hittades efter. Se den! www.svtplay.se/video/KnDgW5...
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Döden på Vitön
Den fascinerande historien om ingenjör Salomon August Andrées fatala luftfärd mot Nordpolen år 1897 - berättad genom expeditionsmedlemmen Nils Strindbergs fotografier och anteckningar, samt Andrées da...
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Grattis! Vilken fin stämning i bilden✨
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
My other home country 😔
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Vansinne!
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
September postcard✨
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#almostsummer
A person splashing water on their face by lake at sunset.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Tyrone Martinsson was, untill his illness, my primary PhD advisor. His kindness and generosity will be missed by many. My heart goes out to family and friends who knew him best. www.gu.se/en/news/in-m...
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In memory of Tyrone Martinsson
Photographer and researcher Tyrone Martinsson has passed away after a period of illness. He was a highly respected colleague and professor at HDK-Valand – as generous as he was attentive, with deep co...
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Daniel Rutschman @skogsvakt.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
1000 forskare varnar för regeringens vetenskapsförakt "Regeringen har därmed ignorerat Naturvårdsverkets vetenskapliga analys. [...] Ännu ett exempel på hur politiker prioriterar specifika särintressen, i stället för att lyssna på etablerad expertis och forskning." www.dn.se/debatt/var-f...
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DN Debatt. ”Vår forskning kan inte viftas bort som åsikter” – alla undertecknare
Mer än 1 000 forskare skriver på DN Debatt för att protestera mot hur politiker missbrukar forskningsresultat eller ignorerar vetenskaplig…
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Lisa Salmonsson @lisalmon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Sverker Sörlin om att vi måste vara vaksamma på det som sker på amerikanska universitet och preppa för vad som kan hända här hemma. etidning.dn.se/shared/artic...
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Trump hatar forskningen för att den hindrar hans korståg
Det enda goda med Trumps angrepp på Harvard är att vi inte längre tänker ”sånt händer inte här”. Ytterst gäller striden hur vi kan förstå världen – och när USA isolerar sig måste Tidöregeringen tänka ...
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
🤩
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
This must be the place 💚 #home #northernlights #norrsken #sweden #beautifulplanet
Silhouette of house against northern lights
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Azoulay writes ”Idioms such as ‘being inundated with images’, or the older versions of ‘compassion fatigue’, or ‘images of suffering’, are all used to make people think that what is at stake is the circulation of images and not what these images are...”
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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Ariella Aïsha Azoulay: “The most intimate aspects of our life continue to be shaped by imperialism, which means that some of the most intimate patterns of experience are shared” artreview.com/the-intervie...
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The Interview: Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
“The most intimate aspects of our life continue to be shaped by imperialism, which means that some of the most intimate patterns of experience are shared”
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
That’s right around when I left the paper. I miss the Missoulian and Flathead Lake!
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
😂When was this taken? I think I recognize the front page!
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Tack Andréas!
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Happy birthday 😎🐆🔥
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Report from the morning walk: sunshine and melting winter☀️
Dog in forestIce crystals on blade of grass
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Co-wrote a text (Swedish) about the critical role of documentary photography in times of AI and polarization. Signed Elin Berge, Alexandra Ellis, Kerstin Hamilton and myself
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Om dokumentärfotografi i tider av AI och polarisering🔥 www.vk.se/2025-04-05/d...
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Den dokumentära bilden måste försvaras i tider av splittring
Vad händer om vi helt slutar lita på fotografins förmåga att visa något som är sant, skriver fyra debattörer.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Så fint och stilla💙
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Natursidan.se @natursidan.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Krönika: Det blev en helg med museibesök och det var en minst sagt blandad upplevelse. En utställning var något av det mest dystopiska mina ögon varit med om. www.natursidan.se/nyheter/kron...
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Krönika: Industri­propagandans museum
Man skulle kunna tro att man var inne i skogsindustrin alldeles egna museum, men istället kostade det pengar att titta på reklam för skogsavverkning.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The back of the camera shot = when you know it was a good day in the field.
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
💔 so much loss. Thank you for sharing this. I am trying to gather some of these stories. I will be in touch again soon!
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Yes Christer! Your work is so inspiring and so interesting the connection to touristwater! Hoping we get a chance to meet in person in the future!
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Read more on tourist-water and the hydropower myth here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
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Linda Maria Thompson @lindamariathompson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is Nämforsen, one of Sweden’s most storied river rapids turned hydropower dam. My rephotographic montage (2022) shows the site both dewatered and during the court-ordered practice of releasing “tourist-water”. Part of my project #revisionandtheriver where I try to storytell a place in change.
A dewatered riverbed with inset of same site with whitewater flowing.
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