Warm-toned courtyard and balcony.

St Helena — marsh

Toad ornament beside succulent.

An empty road and suspended traffic lights at dusk, Mexico City, 2024.

A wet street and worn buildings at night, Mexico City, 2024.

Pool table in pub.

Man looking over ferry railing.

Desert through car windscreen.

A field of dry grasses beside a sunlit treeline.

Embrace in red-lit crowd.

A close view of a pair of open hands.

Black-and-white photograph: a person standing beneath a tree at night.

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Ryan O'Toole Collett

My work moves between negotiated encounter and human trace.

I make photographs of people through conversation and introductions, and quieter photographs of rooms, roads, objects, landscapes and things left behind. Photography offers a temporary orientation within confusion: a way of moving towards the world while remaining conscious of the distance the camera creates.

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2006–2026

Black-and-white photograph: two people sitting together on a bench beside the water.

Portrait in a storage corridor.

Tree shadows through windowpanes.

Black-and-white photograph: two people kissing.

Wiring beneath orange ceiling.

Two people beneath trees.

Child in yellow dress beside chair.

Drive-through sign and road junction.

Black-and-white photograph: empty seats in a waiting room beneath a framed portrait.

Pink petals and pavement shadows.

Figure in smoke with raised arms.

Black-and-white photograph: light entering an aeroplane through a window.

Television in living room.

Person perched on concrete wall.

Black-and-white photograph: two people in a dark interior, one moving through the foreground.

Tracks through green crop field.

Portrait beside car with tattooed arms.

Landscape through stone window.

Black-and-white photograph: friends together in a crowded room.

Streetlight against cloudy sky.

Figure beside sheer curtains.

Man looking over ferry railing.

Black-and-white photograph: shadows of people falling across a stone wall.

Woman in red top beside train.

Fire pit and chairs in woodland.

Black-and-white photograph: a person looking to the side as someone rests a hand on their shoulder.

Lamps overlooking mountains.

Group on Gare du Nord platform.

Green-toned portrait print.

Black-and-white photograph: a hand on the steering wheel, with a country road ahead.

Laughing child indoors.

Industrial towers in orange landscape.

Black-and-white photograph: a person lying on a bed beside a window.

Pointing hand above meadow.

Graffiti on rain-covered window.

Woman in white beside boxes outdoors.

Black-and-white photograph: a large portrait hanging beneath a station roof.

Two people seated in sunny yard.

Wet junction at night.

Guests gathered on steps.

Black-and-white photograph: a close-up of a bare torso.

Passenger bending between train seats.

Warm-toned courtyard and balcony.

Black-and-white photograph: people moving across an open grassy space.

Sunlight through patterned screen.

Seated man beside ornate railing.

Couple outside blue-shuttered house.

Cow below green hillside.

Black-and-white photograph: a silhouette beside a doorway, with another person beyond.

Mountains beside shoreline.

Woman beside pool table.

Black-and-white photograph: people gathered around a kitchen table.

Tennis court through wire fence.

Embrace in red-lit crowd.

Man beside lake.

Black-and-white photograph: a self-portrait reflected across a divided mirror.

Bright cloud edge against blue sky.

Potted tree in courtyard.

Black-and-white photograph: a group of friends travelling on a train.

Hands photographing garden.

Palm trees outside hotel.

Woman in narrow stone lane.

Black-and-white photograph: a person bathing beside steps leading into the sea.

Sunlit tiled station interior.

Friends around chessboard.

Black-and-white photograph: friends gathered together outdoors.

Wispy clouds in blue sky.

Seated woman in workshop.

Couple with dogs above coast.

Buildings beside bus station.

Black-and-white photograph: two people walking across a wide beach.

Man at reception counter.

Black-and-white photograph: a person at a café table set with cups and plates.

Dog in foreground of colourful street.

Black-and-white photograph: three people in a room, one standing in the foreground.

Patterned pavement and brickwork.

Cyclist beside outdoor fairground.

Examination in medical room.

Black-and-white photograph: a person standing in an open field beneath a bright sky.

Reflections in cafe windows.

Woman in blue top outdoors.

Road junction and traffic signs.

Skateboarder on city street at night.

Black-and-white photograph: two friends leaning close to the camera.

Hazy sun above water.

Youths in aquarium shop.

Black-and-white photograph: two people standing in the doorway of a brick house.

Road rising between utility poles.

Woman outside stone cottage.

Man reflected on red car roof.

Black-and-white photograph: people dancing closely in a crowded room.

Toad ornament beside succulent.

Desert through car windscreen.

Black-and-white photograph: friends sitting and lying on the grass.

Street portrait beside bicycles.

Black-and-white photograph: a person lying on the floor of a dimly lit room.

Cafe chairs among fallen leaves.

Person in hospital bed.

Black-and-white photograph: two people posing together against a brick wall.

Green field beneath distant mountain.

Guests in formal clothing.

Man outside gold-domed building.

Black-and-white photograph: a person sitting beside a train window.

Shadow in garden at dusk.

Large window in empty room.

Street artist painting seated sitter.

Black-and-white photograph: two people at a table covered with cans and bottles.

Sunlit town above mountain valley.

Reproduction of group portrait.

Black-and-white photograph: a nude figure seen from behind at the edge of a garden.

Fire and rising smoke.

Group outside building at night.

Black-and-white photograph: a tall glass-fronted building seen from the pavement.

Wedding couple beneath confetti.

Field rows beneath evening sky.

Person beside palm tree and pool.

Black-and-white photograph: two people lying together outdoors.

Young man on outdoor stairway.

Lorry on coastal road.

Black-and-white photograph: a person blowing out candles on a birthday cake.

Colourful houses at street corner.

Man seated beside train window.

Black-and-white photograph: a house with a flag and a clipped tree.

Group walking through rocky gorge.

Pool table in pub.

Black-and-white photograph: a person holding an ice cream towards the camera.

Country lane and grass verge.

Youths on rooftop at sunset.

Black-and-white photograph: two people in front of a patterned wall.

Yellow bed beneath framed pictures.

Black-and-white photograph: a person standing beside a road as a lorry passes.

Hillside street and mountain view.

Brick Baptist Church signs.

Black-and-white photograph: a person sitting on a sofa in a living room.

Young people outside building.

Red hillside and green scrub.

Black-and-white photograph: three people sitting outside against a stone wall.

Man beside van overlooking lake.

Floral tablecloth and chairs.

Black-and-white photograph: a person beneath a large painted sign in the city.

Climbing plant on stone house.

Landscape through car window.

Black-and-white photograph: a person with long hair in a kitchen.

Group leaning against brick wall.

People and donkey beside rocky bank.

Church roof and overhead wires.

Blue office chairs on pavement.

Black-and-white photograph: palm trees lining a city street.

Diners seen through restaurant doorway.

Two men and dog beside cottage.

Black-and-white photograph: a pizzeria sign above the street.

Black-and-white photograph: a person sitting in a car beside an empty passenger seat.

Grassy hillside and distant landscape.

Passenger in graffiti-marked carriage.

Dog walking beside blue water.

Smoking passenger in blue light.

Palm silhouettes at twilight.

Black-and-white photograph: a person standing beneath a tree at night.

158 photographs

Ryan O’Toole Collett