His work has been exhibited at spaces including the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the George Eastman House in Rochester, and the Aperture Foundation in New York. He has received several awards including the Santa Fe Prize in 2005 and a William J. Fulbright Grant to Peru in 2000. His work is in the permanent collections of institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the National Fulbright Foundation, and the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection. His first monograph BORDERLANDS, was published by Twin Palms Publishers in 2005. A second monograph SAWDUST MOUNTAIN, will be published by Aperture in May 2009. Johnson is represented by Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco, CA and G. Gibson Gallery in Seattle, WA.