SIMON THURLOW PHOTOGRAPHY

Whether you are an experienced photographer or just starting out, Simon will help you develop your creative style through understanding the potential of your camera or smartphone, during accessible, local photography walks.

Walking-photography workshops are now taking place across North Yorkshire & the Tees Valley.

Selected Testimonials

Stories From The Photography Walks – Short Film

Feel Good In The Forest Photography Walks

Working in partneship with Creative Frame CIC and Forestry England, Simon led the photography walks throughout 2024 and 2025.

They were part of Forestry England’s ‘Feel Good In The Forest’ wellbeing programme.

Fragments Of Time

A layered series capturing the fragility of time.

They are a reminder of our symbiotic relationship with nature, we move alongside, not against. Our time on earth is not infinite, but our footprint is.

Selection exhibited at The Heritage Gallery, Middlesbrough, 2025

Great Ayton Allotment Stories

With an uncertain future due to the sale of the land on which the allotments sit, this is an ongoing project documenting what the Great Ayton allotments mean to the members, highlighting the important role it plays within a rural community.

A collection of stories through portraits and audio.

Impressions

Citizens Of The North / Document Of A Time And Place

A Landscape Connected

A study of connections in a polarised world

Movement In Nature

Dating back to 1224, Stokesley’s street fair is held annually. This collection is a love letter to the hard work of the travelling showmen and women.

Vignettes From Paradise

Selected Recent Commissions

Simon accepts commission work. Email Simon directly to discuss potential commissions.

World Table Tennis Day

A wonderful commission. Simon was asked to document the intergenerational, collaborative day, between Ormesby Parkinson’s Table Tennis Club, Parkinson’s UK and local school children – an event celebrating World Table Tennis Day. “No barriers, just nets.”

Beacon Of Light – Sunderland

In 2025, Simon was commissioned by Stokesley Walking Football Club to head to The Sunderland Beacon Of Light training facility. There he was tasked to capture their training session, where they were coaching North East Parkies United, as they prepared for an upcoming tournament, for footballers living and playing with a Parkinson’s diagnosis.