@alystomlinson

After several months of being sofa and wheelchair bound, I’m really thankful to have been given this commission by @bjp1854 and @bodleianlibraries to make portraits of leading academics and researchers @oxford_uni . The final images will form part of the permanent @bodleianlibraries art collection ✨it feels like the perfect re-entry to getting out my camera and making work again ❤️ Congratulations also to @leiamiamorrison @__studioaugusto who are the other two photographers to receive the commission 🙌🏻

Thank you for the beautiful portfolio box @i_make_books ✨✨✨ best in the biz! Design by @busbywebb / prints @parkside.studio Finalising the edit and then ready to go @wrenagency ! #blackandwhitephotography #portraitphotography #portfoliobox #largeformatphotography #wrenagency

Six years after meeting and photographing an Orthodox nun in Poland, I can’t quite believe that tonight is the World Premiere of our documentary feature film ‘Mother Vera’ at 18:15 @visionsdureel 💫 So happy that our protagonist Vera will be in attendance this evening. It’s been a long road with co-director @cecile.embleton to get to this stage and we are enormously grateful to everyone who has supported us including @sundanceorg @hotdocs_ @filmfestlocarno @sheffdocfest @hackelburyfineart @cm_creativity_media @worldphotoorg ‘Mother Vera’ team: Co-directors @cecile.embleton @alystomlinson Producer @shemakesproductions Cinematography @cecile.embleton Additional cinematography @alystomlinson Editor @romain.beck Co-editor @cecile.embleton Sound @leo_caute Colourist @romainkedochim Executive Producers @vikramgudi @murucomposer 💫💫💫💫💫💫

If you’re heading to @photolondonfair this week, do pop by booth D3 @hackelburyfineart and say hi 👋🏻 they will be showing a selection of work from ‘Gli Isolani (The Islanders)’ ✨ along with some wonderful photography by other artists repped by the gallery. I’ll be giving a talk on portraiture with the brilliant @sabinajaskotgill at 5pm tomorrow, Wednesday May 13th - tickets £10 via the Photo London website (although you need to have a day pass to attend). The new Screening Room at the fair will also be showing the short film ‘Vera’ (10 mins). This was first shown at @rencontresarles in 2019 and funded with a small grant from @sony @worldphotoorg . Six years on and an immense amount of work later, it became a 90 min doc feature film ‘Mother Vera’ co-directed with Cécile Embleton. Hope to see some of you there! 😍

HackelBury is delighted to announce our participation in Photo London 2026.⁠ ⁠ Find us at Booth D3 at Olympia London, where we will be presenting works across nine artists: Doug & Mike Starn, Alys Tomlinson, Bill Armstrong, Oli Kellett, Stephen Inggs, Joanne Leonard, Katja Liebmann, Henri Cartier-Bresson and William Klein.⁠ ⁠ On view: works from the Starns' 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘬𝘺 and 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 series, Alys Tomlinson's 𝘎𝘭𝘪 𝘐𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘪 and 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘢 from her 𝘌𝘹 𝘝𝘰𝘵𝘰 series, Bill Armstrong's 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, Oli Kellett's 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 and 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 series, Stephen Inggs' painted silver gelatin 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘢, vintage collage works by Joanne Leonard, unique cyanotypes by Katja Liebmann, two iconic works by Henri Cartier-Bresson and a rare painted contact by William Klein.⁠ We look forward to seeing you there.⁠ ⁠ We look forward to seeing you there. ⁠ ⁠ • ⁠ ⁠@photolondonfair 📸⁠ 2:⁠ ⁠Doug and Mike Starn, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘐, 2025⁠ 3:⁠ Alys Tomlinson, 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 (#01), 2016-2018⁠ 4:⁠ Bill Armstrong, 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘰. 423 ⁠ 5:⁠ Oli Kellett, 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 #02, 2024⁠ 6:⁠ Stephen Inggs, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘢, 2010-2011 ⁠ 7:⁠ Joanne Leonard, 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 (𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵), 1983⁠ 8:⁠ Katja Liebmann, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘬𝘦𝘪𝘵 4, 2024 ⁠ 9:⁠ Henri Cartier-Bresson, 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦'𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯, 1959 ⁠ 10:⁠ William Klein, 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘭, 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 1986 ⁠ ⁠ #hackelbury #photolondon2026 #londonart #londonartscene #londongallery #londongalleries #artfair #artfairlondon #photographyfair #fineartphotography #artphotography #contemporaryphotography #vintagephotography #dougandmikestarn #alystomlinson #billarmstrong #olikellett #stepheninggs #joanneleonard #katjaliebmann #henricartierbresson #williamklein #womeninphotography #cyanotype #silvergellatin #photographycollectors #artcollecting #photographylovers

Some bts from our last workshop with @alystomlinson “Inside the Act of Seeing: a focus on large format photography”, spreading great energies and love for photography 💫✨⚗️📸 Thanks to @xnyliaveilx for the support in coordination, to @fondazione.morra for the hospitality and @biagioippolito for the darkroom demonstration. In the slides the scanned photographs of @t.obermayer @paola.caianiello @_fabrizio.bartolini_ @deuseusara @ctrl.lost @muna_ph_ @nefeliavgeris @giota_charizani @gaetanoippolito_ @raffaele.dilorenzo - great work !! Also a special thanks to @peppe.avallone1 See you soon with new updates ✨✨

✧˖° Last days to reserve your place for the workshop conduced by @alystomlinson at @laboratorio.diorama on the 18th April from 10 to 18. Few places - don’t miss ✨ Screening of the documentary @motherverafilm from 19, free entry

Join us this Saturday 18th after the large format photography workshop conduced by @alystomlinson (more info in dm) there will be the screening of @motherverafilm at @museonitsch . Starting at 19.00 (free entry). Language: Russian with Italian subtitles. Don’t miss✨ Mother Vera (2024), 91 minutes, black and white, directed by Alys Tomlinson and Cécile Embleton. In the striking silence of an Orthodox monastery in Belarus, a nun walks quickly toward the place of prayer. Hidden in the folds of her black habit, she kneels and lets out a deep breath, opening the story of an unexpected path where coming to terms with a dark past turns into a search for her own identity. Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson follow her with a quiet, attentive gaze, observing her daily life and slowly revealing the more intimate and hidden parts of her story. Shot in refined black and white, with a precise and balanced form, Mother Vera traces a unique and unexpected female portrait, touching on universal themes of redemption and the search for freedom.

•͙۪۪̥˚ Inside the Act of Seeing: a Focus on Large Format Photography ˚۪۪̥•͙ On April 18th Laboratorio Diorama will host an exclusive one-day intensive workshop led by award-winning photographer @alystomlinson . This session is a deep dive into the meditative and rigorous world of large-format photography where participants will explore the entire creative process with the artist during a portrait session. The negatives will be developed in Laboratorio Diorama’s darkroom at the end of the workshop. info: *18th April *h 10 - 18 *max 10 participants *workshop will be held in English for detailed info, price and submission contact us in dm or at ✉️ [email protected] — Following the workshop the documentary @motherverafilm (2024) directed by Alys Tomlinson with Cécile Embleton will be projected at Museo Nitsch. See you there !! ✨ graphic: @diana_dlfr

British photographer and filmmaker #AlysTomlinson​ joins us for a thoughtful conversation about her powerful project documenting Mother Vera. In this interview, Tomlinson reflects on the experience of #photographing​ life inside an Orthodox convent and the quiet intensity of working with a subject whose life is devoted to faith, solitude, and spiritual discipline. #mothervera Through her lens, Tomlinson explores themes of devotion, identity, and the human search for meaning. The project focuses on Mother Vera, a Russian Orthodox nun living in Belarus, whose story offers a rare and intimate look at monastic life in the modern world. Tomlinson discusses how the relationship developed, the sensitivity required to photograph within a religious space, and what she learned from spending time with someone whose life is defined by contemplation and belief.

IN THE COLLECTION: 🔍 A deep dive into our onsite photobook collection, where we extract and discuss select publications weekly. All featured titles are available to view in our collection. 💌 If you have a publication you’d like us to explore, get in touch at [email protected] _ Gli Isolani (The Islanders) Alys Tomlinson @alystomlinson In Gli Isolani (The Islanders), Alys Tomlinson explores ritual, tradition and identity across the Italian islands of the Venetian lagoon, Sicily and Sardinia. Photographed over two years using a large-format analogue camera, the work documents local communities during festivals and celebrations where elaborate costumes and masks — rooted in pagan myth, folklore and religious ritual — are still worn today.  Set among crumbling stone, rugged landscapes and rural fields, the black-and-white images carry a timeless quality, blurring past and present. Figures appear both ordinary and mythical — suspended somewhere between fiction and reality, the sacred and the profane.  Rather than documenting spectacle alone, Tomlinson’s photographs reflect on belonging and collective memory, revealing how tradition continues to shape identity and community in an increasingly changing world.  Published by GOST Books @gost_books , Gli Isolani is a quiet yet haunting meditation on place, ritual and the enduring relationship between people and landscape. _ 🔗 All of our publications are digitised on our online Archive — visit photobookcafe.co.uk to find out more. 📚 Titles featured here are available to browse in our onsite collection. 🖐 We also accept donations of photobooks relevant to our catalogue. Please submit via our online form before donating. Website: photobookcafe.co.uk Email: [email protected] #photobookcafe #inthecollection #GliIsolani #TheIslanders#photobooks

Come and join us! ✨ bookings open today ✨ 🌸 Coming this spring/summer: your chance to continue the year with purpose, connection, and creative alignment. Join us for The Emmas Spring/Summer Intensive, an intimate 14-week workshop with five of the UK’s leading female photographers 🌸 We are a collective of photographers who have loved working together for five years, online and in-person. For the past year, we have been extending our wealth of experience to activate the creative practice of others. Across seven online sessions, each of us leads a meeting guided by a different theme. We focus on portraiture, project work, documentary, research, writing and much more, all with a strong emphasis on experimentation, community, and creative freedom. Assignments will be given each session, so expect to work hard! The workshop is open to everyone. It’s designed to refresh, refine, and realign your practice - to help you find momentum and bring your vision into focus. The workshops will start on 26th April 2026 and run bi-weekly until mid-July. Bookings open tomorrow! For more information including dates and cost, please email: [email protected] @siandavey1 @clementine.schneidermann @alystomlinson @abbiets @alice.zoo