Giles Thurston

Giles is a Cambridge-based photographer drawn to the spaces where people and place meet. From the streets of London in the early hours to the flat, atmospheric expanses of the Fenlands on his doorstep, and the raw openness of the Lake District fells.

His work focuses on everyday human landscapes: the overlooked, the mundane, the moments and places most people walk past without a second glance. There is quiet drama in an empty street, a weathered doorway, or a figure caught in passing light, and that is where Giles feels most at home with a camera.

He works predominantly in black and white, drawn to the way it strips a scene back to form, texture, and mood. Colour earns its place when it has something to say.

Giles writes about the craft and practice of photography in his Substack newsletter, The Photographer's Eye, where he reflects on seeing, slowing down, and finding meaning in the corners of everyday life.