Selected One Person Exhibitions
- Loss–The LA Auto Dealership series
MOPLA Pop-Up Gallery
Los Angeles CA
2013
- Loss–The LA Auto Dealership series
M56 Gallery
Riverside CA
2013
- Art of Steel – Images from Shanghai
Forward Thinking Museum
New York NY
2010
- Art of Steel – Images from Shanghai
MTC Corporate Headquarters
Oakland CA
2010
- After Dark
MTC Corporate Headquarters
Oakland CA
2009
- Port Visions: Long Beach
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach, CA
2004
- Al Larson Boat Shop: Commemoration of 100 Years
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
San Pedro, CA
2003
- Tom Paiva: Night Photographs
George Neykov, curator
Hollywood, CA
2001
- Hamilton Air Force Base
Novato Museum
Novato, CA
1993
- S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien:
Artist in Residence Exhibition
S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien
San Francisco, CA
1993
Publications
- View Camera Magazine
“Bay Bridge Construction” article on imagery of the Bay Bridge, April 2012
- Night Photography – Finding Your Way in the Dark By Lance Keimig, Published by Focal Press, 2010
Tom wrote a section of the book on using large format cameras at night which includes several of his images.
- Night and Low-Light Photography
A major spread of Tom’s images and technique accompanied by an interview with author and photographer Jill Waterman; published by Amphoto, 2008
- Art Deco San Francisco, The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger
by Therese Poletti with Photography by Tom Paiva; published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2008
- View Camera Magazine “Night Photography with the View Camera”
article on Night Photography, 2007
- MagnaChrom Magazine “Interview—Tom Paiva”; in depth interview with over a dozen images, including the cover, May 2007
- Practical Photography
“End Frame” , August 2005
article on Tom Paiva’s night photography, Page 154
- View Camera Magazine
“Camera Obscura” article on Industrial Night Photography, September 2004
- Popular Photography
“You Can Do It”
article on Tom Paiva’s twilight photography, pages 70-73, July 2004
- Industrial Night
Monograph of Tom’s industrial work
published in 2002 by The Image Room.
Contains a stunning suite of images of shipyards and industrial sites at night.
- America Goes to the Movies:
100 Years of Motion Picture Exhibition
By Barbara Stones. Images of historic movie theaters, interiors and exteriors.
Published by the National Association of Theater Owners. 1993
- London Observer
“Alcatraz at Night”- June 1992
- San Francisco Chronicle: Image Magazine
September 1991
“The Rock [Alcatraz] by Night”
- Alcatraz 1998
Published by the Golden Gate National Park Association (several photographs)
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- Bridging the Ocean, Bridging the Bay
Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai China
Shanghai, China, 2011
- GroupSC 2009-An Intimate View of Southern California
Group show of photographers in the Southern California area.
Minarc/Skart Galleries
Bergamot Station, Santa Monica California, 2010
- Group LA 2008
Group show of 20 photographers in the LA area.
Minarc/Skart Galleries
Bergamot Station, Santa Monica California, 2009
- Los Angeles Landscapes
Topanga Canyon Gallery, 2008
- Darkness, Darkness
Three Columns Gallery
Harvard University, Massachusetts, 2008
- Shooting the Island: Views of Mare Island
Fetterly Gallery
Vallejo, California, 2006
- Speculative Terrain
Loyola Marymount University, LaBand Art Gallery
Los Angeles, California, 2004
- Group Show of Night Photography
Brightmail Gallery
San Francisco, California, 1999
- Selected Bay Area Artists
Apple Computer Corporate Headquarters
Cupertino, California, 1996
- Night Photography Group Show
Colleen Christie Putnam, curator
1994, San Francisco, California
- Nightworks
Azido Art Gallery
San Francisco, California, 1993
- The Nocturnes
Gallery Sanchez
San Francisco, California, 1991
Corporate Collections
- Oxbow Industries, several international locations
- Metropolitan Transit Commission, Oakland, CA
- Sony Studios, Culver City, CA
- Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA), Los Angeles, CA
- American Petroleum Institute Headquarters, Washington DC
- J. Ray Construction, Irvine, CA
- Levin-Richmond Terminal, Richmond, CA
- PierPass, Long Beach, CA
- Roscoe Steel, Billings, MT
- Wildman and Morris Architects, San Francisco
- Yang Ming Shipping, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
Public Collections
- Lindsay Museum, Walnut Creek
- Long Beach Museum of Art
- Mount Diablo Interpretive Association, Walnut Creek
- Port of Long Beach
- Port of Los Angeles
- Port of San Francisco
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