Thomas Ratnam

Photography

@iricoes

A young man in a glossy black puffer jacket with a red-lined fur hood and jeans looks down on a white backdrop, framed by a red border.

IMG_1768 / 2026

About

Thomas Ratnam Photography, based in London.
I photograph things I notice — architecture, people, colour, movement, and the spaces between them.
This website is an evolving archive of my work.

All photographs 2026

  1. 01

    Architecture

  2. 02

    People

  3. 03

    Models

  4. 04

    Places

  5. 05

    Nature

  6. 06

    Textures

  7. 07

    Black + White

  8. 08

    Triptychs

  9. 09

    Archive

  10. 10

    Statues

01

Architecture

Walls, windows and rooftops, mostly seen from below or from above.

Night view of a low-rise house with lit windows and a dark front door, with a tall residential block and a leafy tree behind it under a deep blue sky.
IMG_2375 / 2026
Graffiti-covered wall in the foreground with parked bicycles and a tube-style sign, with tall city towers against a blue sky.
IMG_2551 / 2026
A red and white London Underground train standing at a platform.
IMG_2559 / 2026
A yellow electric tour minibus crossing a sunny square past shops, seen from above beside white globe lamps.
IMG_1030 / 2026
People walking through a sunlit stone plaza, seen from above through a dark archway with deep shadows.
IMG_1029 / 2026
A young man with tousled hair lights a cigarette with a lighter at night on a city street outside a shop called House of Vintage.
IMG_2205 / 2026
Side profile of a young man with tousled brown hair and a blue shirt, standing in front of a shop with a yellow sign reading 'EVERYTHING MUST GO'.
IMG_2590 / 2026

02

People

Friends, strangers, and wherever they happen to be standing.

A young man in a grey Diesel hoodie covers his face with one hand at a night event, a bright light behind him.
IMG_0649 / 2026
Three young people at night covering their faces with their hands, lit by flash against a wooden fence.
IMG_0646 / 2026
A dense crowd of people lines a city street, many raising hands and holding up phones, with shops, a hotel, and an Off Licence sign behind them.
IMG_2555 / 2026
A street vendor sits under a red umbrella beside a display of colourful hats on a sunny promenade.
IMG_1028 / 2026

Found on the way somewhere else.

A blurry nighttime photo of a person in a wide-brimmed hat in profile, looking left past parked cars on a dark road.
IMG_2606 / 2026
A blurred night photo of a person in a dark jacket and wide-brimmed hat, with a guitar-like shape and streaks of warm light on the left.
IMG_2613 / 2026
A blurred figure in a fedora and scarf stands at night, raising one hand, with a dark car and streaked street lights behind.
IMG_2605 / 2026

03

Models

One jacket, a white backdrop, and a face that keeps hiding.

A person in a black puffer jacket and baggy jeans covers the face with both hands on a white backdrop, framed by a red border.
IMG_1766 / 2026

04

Places

Coastlines, harbours and open ground, by day and after dark.

A dusk seascape with a lit coastal town on the left, dark silhouetted trees and a low stone wall on the right, under a deep teal sky.
IMG_0940 / 2026
Several sailboats moored on choppy green water in a harbour, with a grey naval ship and industrial cranes in the background under a blue sky.
IMG_0876 / 2026

05

Nature

Gardens and woodland, close enough to see the bark.

Looking up the tall red trunk of a redwood among ferns and green branches.
Untitled / 2026
A large, gnarled old plane tree with a thick, furrowed reddish-brown trunk and broad green canopy in a park with a sloped, pine-needle-covered lawn.
IMG_1010 / 2026
A dirt woodland path lined with ivy and moss-covered banks, passing under a gnarled fallen log in a lush green forest.
Untitled / 2026
A misty woodland garden with a large rhododendron in the foreground, tall conifers, and a pale lavender overcast sky.
IMG_1008 / 2026

Nothing here is entirely accidental.

Close-up of a pavement paved with long, narrow dark grey pebbles set in grey mortar, with scattered autumn leaves and patches of moss.
Untitled / 2026

06

Textures

A study in repetition.

Close-up of an old brick wall with weathered red and mauve bricks, pale mortar joints, and greenish mineral staining.
IMG_2557 / 2026
Close-up of weathered concrete wall panels with grey-blue streaks, faint dark smudges, and recessed joints forming a grid.
IMG_2556 / 2026

07

Black + White

The monochrome frames, kept apart from the colour.

Black and white photo of a crumpled black plastic bag resting on a concrete ledge behind a wire mesh grate, with graffiti reading 'WGS OUT' and 'CRACK CITY' written on the wall below.
IMG_1923 / 2026
Black-and-white street photo of a shopfront numbered 172, where a woman with long blonde hair in a dark flowing coat walks into the doorway beside a large display window.
IMG_2550 / 2026
Black-and-white photo of a woman and a young boy sitting across a table on a moving train, looking out at blurred trees through a large window.
IMG_0778 / 2026
Black and white photo of a dark treeline silhouetted against a bright sun breaking through clouds, with a contrail streaking across the sky.
IMG_0753 / 2026

08

Triptychs

Three frames to a page. Inspired by Aaron Del Vecchio.

09

Archive

Experiments, and frames that don’t belong anywhere else.

A colorful street poster for 'The Art Yard Save' show, sketched as a gallery wall with framed artworks, mounted on a dark teal painted wall.
IMG_2594 / 2026
A heavily motion-blurred photo of two people with curly brown hair, one in a dark jacket holding a white cup, in a warmly lit indoor space.
IMG_1666 / 2026

The image begins where the document ends.

10

Statues

A small study. Stone figures in parks and churchyards, mostly photographed with the sun behind them. The light turns them into silhouettes, flares across the lens and catches the weathering on the stone. In the last frames someone stands beside one, hands held the same way.

A stone sphinx-like statue silhouetted against bright sunlight, framed by tall trees in an autumn park.
IMG_2646 / 2026
A weathered stone statue of a kneeling figure with hands pressed together beneath its chin, set against dense green trees.
IMG_2641 / 2026
A stone statue of a robed figure silhouetted against bright sunlight, framed by tall trees in a park.
IMG_2648 / 2026
A weathered stone pedestal with a carved bust on top stands on fallen leaves in a wooded park, with sunlight streaming through trees.
IMG_2638 / 2026
Low angle on the profile of a stone statue against autumn trees and a bright hazy sky.
IMG_2642 / 2026
A tall stone pedestal topped with a weathered carved figure stands in a churchyard, backlit by low autumn sun among dark trees.
IMG_2647 / 2026

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