Instagram Takeover: Alys Tomlinson

The week after winning the public prize of the New Discovery Award at Rencontres d’Arles, Alys Tomlinson shares her winning series over our Instagram account.

Alys Tomlinson is an award-winning editorial and fine art photographer based in London.

Having grown up in Brighton, Alys went on to study English Literature and Communications at the University of Leeds. After graduating, she moved to New York for a year and was given her first commission for Time Out, before coming back to London to study photography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. She has recently completed a part-time MA in Anthropology of Travel, Tourism and Pilgrimage (Distinction) at SOAS, University of London, which ties in with her long-term, personal project about pilgrimage. Alys combines commissioned work for editorial, design and advertising clients with personal work, which she publishes and exhibits.

 

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@alystomlinson continuing the Photoworks IG takeover! This is Vera, from the series ‘Ex-Voto.’ The image features in an exhibition called The Faithful (Les Fidèles) presented by @hackelburyfineart at this year’s @rencontresarles. Vera is an extraordinary woman and having stayed in touch, I visited her at her convent in Belarus. A short film I made about Vera’s life is also being shown as part of the @rencontresarles exhibition. Vera appears in my book Ex-Voto, out now and published by @gost_books . . . . . #photoworks_uk #alystomlinson #IGTakeover #photography #exvoto #rencontresarles2019 #largeformatphotography #blackandwhitephotography

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@alystomlinson continuing my takeover with images from ‘The Faithful’ currently exhibited as part of the Discovery Award @rencontresarles. This portrait of a pilgrim was taken in Lourdes. She is part of the Catholic, Order of Malta and I was struck by her huge, deep brown eyes. The portrait features in my new book ‘Ex-Voto’ published by @gost_books. . . . . . #photoworks_uk #alystomlinson #instagramtakeover #IGTakeover #photography #exvoto #rencontresarles2019 #largeformatphotography #blackandwhitephotography #lourdes

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@alystomlinson continuing the IG takeover. This image is from my series ‘Ex-Voto’ currently on show @rencontresarles as part of the Discovery Award. I visited Poland several times for the project and it was so interesting to explore the Polish countryside. I came across this abandoned, wooden house by chance but it reminded me of something from Grimms’ Fairy Tales. The image features in my book Ex-Voto, out now and published by @gost_books. . . . . . #photoworks_uk #alystomlinson #IGTakeover #photography #exvoto #rencontresarles2019 #blackandwhitephotography #largeformatphotography

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@alystomlinson continuing the Photoworks IG Takeover. This is Vera with one of her beloved horses at the convent’s farm. Her obedience (religious duty) is to care for the horses and she has a deep and spiritual relationship with them. You can see this image and others in the exhibition The Faithful (Les Fidèles), presented by @hackelburyfineart and currently on as part of this year’s @rencontresarles until September 22nd. . . . . . . #photoworks_uk #alystomlinson #IGTakeover #exvoto #photography #blackandwhitephotography

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