Alys Tomlinson is an award-winning editorial and fine art photographer based in London. Having grown up in Brighton on England’s south coast, Alys went on to study English Literature and Communications at the University of Leeds. After graduating she moved to New York City for a year where she was given her first commission for the Time Out guide books. She returned to London to study photography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Alys 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, published as a photobook by GOST in 2019 entitled Ex Voto.

Alys was named Sony World Photography Awards, Photographer of the Year 2018 and in 2019 her short film, Vera ...