Theo Johnson is a photographer and writer from Houston, TX. His work explores Black memory, displacement, and community resilience through documentary and archival research. Centering suppressed histories, he uses photography to preserve and reimagine narratives of place and collective identity. He recently graduated with his BFA from the University of North Texas.
Contact: brandontjohnson2003@gmail.com
Instagram: @theoj.photo
Press
The Portal to Texas History 2026 Research Fellowship Awardee: Theo Johnson- UNT Libraries, May 2026
Artist Theo Johnson tells the history of Quakertown in new art exhibition- North Texas Daily, February 2026