Meet Tilly

Tilly Wace is a London based photographer and film maker. We actually met, quite randomly, in Bali about 12 years ago while attempting to teach English to children. She was on a year out from school, and I had just been made redundant from my first job in fashion.

Strangely, we then bumped into each other again years later in Marrakech, completely by accident.

Tilly photographed everything you see on our website, from the campaign imagery to the model shots and pack shots. It was the originality and tactility of her work that made me want to collaborate with her on this.

Here are a few questions we asked her

Have you always been interested in photography?

I’ve always loved photographs and cameras. I’m drawn to photography because it allows me to express things I don’t always have the words for. I’m interested in light and the way it shapes people, objects, and space. For me, photography is a way of paying attention, a way of noticing what is otherwise be overlooked.

Of everything you have worked on, what are you most proud of?

I’m most proud of my ongoing Potato project, which I’ve been working on for around seven years. It is a documentation of the potato farm I grew up on, tracing the stages of a potato’s life - from ploughing and planting to lifting and storing. Over time, the work has become a way of thinking about home, labour, and the ways we’re shaped by what we maintain and what we let go of.

If you were not a photographer, what would you be doing?

A gardener! I love plants, nature, and being outside so I think I’d be doing something connected to land, food, growing and creativity. A lot of my work comes back to those worlds anyway, so I think I’d still want to be close to something practical, seasonal, and rooted.

What is the one place you visited last year that inspired you?

Kilbaha in County Clare, Ireland. I think because of its rugged coastline, shifting light, and sense of remoteness. 

What is the worst part of working on a project?

Deadlines! I love to spend time with the images after a project, editing different layouts, playing with colours/grades and I feel like deadlines stop this playfulness to do that in a sense, or they limit the time you have with the images to think about how something could work. 

What, where and who inspires you?

What: light, land, rhythm

Where: Quiet places (Beaches, empty fields) or Chaotic places (city’s, busy roads, lots of people)

Who: WG Sebald, Man Ray, Dora Maar, Lee Miler, Maggie Nelson

If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?

An empty field in the middle of no where 

Thanks Tilly for your time. Tilly’s work can be found at https://tillywace.com/