Leah Tomkins
Salt and Stone
“Salt and Stone” explores the hidden history of smuggling within Hastings, focusing on the subtle architectural and spatial traces embedded within the town’s landscape. Rather than documenting overt historical landmarks, the work examines overlooked details such as passageways, doorways, and coastal edges, where histories of concealment and movement once unfolded. Through a restrained, black and white visual approach, the images adopt a quiet and observational tone, emphasising absence and suggestion over direct representation. By combining visual ambiguity with fragments of historical context, the project considers how these past activities continue to shape the identity of Hastings in ways that remain largely unseen, embedded within the town's everyday spaces and contemporary environment, and subtly influencing its present day character and perception.
Kirsten Biggs • Rachel Blazey • Stella Burton • Bethany Cheevers • George Eaves • Martha Hayes-Watkins • Ruby Horton • Erin Pevley • Leah Tomkins •
Boomsatsuma
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Print
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography
Cardiff Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography
Carmarthen School of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
Crawford College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
Griffith College Dublin
BA (Hons) Communications and Media Production
TU Dublin
BA (Hons) Photography
IADT Dún Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography + Visual Media
Falmouth University
BA (Hons) Photography
City of Glasgow College
BA (Hons) Photography
Hereford College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Kingston School of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Leeds Arts University
BA (Hons) Photography
Leeds Trinity University
BA (Hons) Photography
Limerick School of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art
University of Lincoln
BA (Hons) Photography
Manchester Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Greater Manchester
BA (Hons) Photography
Middlesex University
BA (Hons) Photography
Munster Technological University
BA (Hons) Photography with New Media
National College of Art and Design
University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
Norwich University of the Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Open College of the Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Arts University Plymouth
BA (Hons) Photography
Arts University Plymouth
BA (Hons) Commercial Photography
University of Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Salford
BA (Hons) Photography
Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Photography