Rachel Elise Thomas (b. 1988) is a Detroit-born and based artist who obtained their BFA in Photography from the College for Creative Studies. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, print and digital publications.Being a collage artist and documentary photographer has given her the versatility to tell stories in different ways. She gathers inspiration from vintage magazines and advertisements, family artifacts, old photographs,decorative paper, textiles,and printed words; assembling imagery and materials that invite the viewer to deeply examine the messages being presented. These messages usually revolve around identity, ancestry and spirituality—with some topic shaving tongue-in-cheek nuances, this is done to further understand and delve into issues that affect our society—such as: over consumption, vanity, materialism, colorism, sexism,and racism.