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Tom Leighton

Falmouth
I’m an artist, photographer and printmaker based in the UK. My work explores geology, landscape and architecture, using photography as a starting point to look at how time and process shape the surfaces around us.
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My work looks at the structures that shape both natural landscapes and contemporary architecture. Using photography, I explore rock formations, plant life, architecture and public spaces, observing how time, pressure, and human activity leave their mark on surfaces and environments.

In the studio, these photographs are reworked through colour adjustments, layering, and digital construction, allowing the original subjects to move beyond straightforward documentation. Across my series, rock strata become detailed maps of geological time, while architectural forms are isolated and rearranged into sculptural compositions. These transformations invite viewers to see familiar environments in new ways and to consider the forces that shape them.

The work moves between observation and construction, using photography both as a record and as material to create new visual spaces. Through this approach, I explore the energy within landscapes and structures and the ways places evolve over time.
 

 

Traverse

Steeple

Aviary I

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