As a photographer, a craftsman, a registered architect and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Tom Rossiter’s images reflect his experience as a maker and a lover of history, nature, culture and architecture. Through his commissioned work, Rossiter tells powerful architectural stories through the eyes of the architects for awards, publication, and presentations. His fine art work aims to synthesize his experience coupled with an overarching love of nature, the night, and how they are experienced in time. The work takes the form of still images, intricately composited images, timelapse meditations, video and documentary works.

Rossiter’s artistic journey started in high school where he was introduced to making pottery on the wheel. As a production potter in Laguna Beach he established the skills of the craft and proceeded to set up a pottery studio in Kansas City. Entering Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) as a potter his focus expanded to include photography, woodworking and architecture. Rossiter graduated from RISD with a BFA and a Bachelors of Architecture and The Senator Claiborne Pell award for Excellence in Art and Architectural History.

As a founding member of McClier, he helped lead the company to a 550 person design build firm. AECOM a global engineering giant purchased McClier, where he served as President. Rossiter managed the Chicago office for the Austin Company, worked as a senior designer at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and interned in the office of Charles and Ray Eames.

Rossiter has had numerous exhibitions of his photographs in galleries and Institutions through out the US. Currently he is the artist in residence at The Edith Farnsworth House where he is working on a four seasons piece looking at the house and its environment. He is presently working on a documentary film on The Future of Livable Cities with The Thompson Center by Helmut Jahn's transformation serving as the through line for the film. He photographed the images for the book “Building Ideas, An Architectural History of The University of Chicago.” His recent video meditation "Anthropocene Mountain" is a deep look into 8 billion people on the planet. This video and still images are presently on display in the lobby of 161 North Clark Street. The work was part of the Chicago Architectural Biennial . The Anthropocene Mountain Video premiered at COP 26 in Glasgow Scotland. His videos and photographs are a part of The Chicago Architecture Centers show Helmut Jahn: Life and Architecture. His work is in the permanent collections of The Art Institue of Chicago, The Cleveland Clinic, Hospice of the North Shore and many important private collections.

Rossiter has worked extensively on not-for-profit boards.