Andy Lo Pò is an award-winning photographic artist born in Melbourne, Australia now based inBrighton, UK. He studied photography at the University of the Arts London and now spends his time working on personal work as well as commissioned projects. Following the huge success of his ‘Into the Sky’ series, which captured people jumping off Brighton Pier on the hottest ever day on record (19th July 2022), when temperatures reached a record 40.3°C (104.5°F), we are now pleased to present ‘Tombstoners’, a side project from that series with a very different aesthetic.
This black and white photo project captures the fleeting, weightless moments of people mid- flight as they leap from unseen heights into the unknown. Stripped of context, the sea is absent, leaving only bodies suspended in space—twisted, stretched, curled—each frozen at the peak of their descent. The stark contrast of monochrome heightens the drama, emphasizing the silhouettes against the empty sky. Without the water below, the images blur the line between freedom and danger, exhilaration and risk. It is a study of movement, of surrender to gravity, and of the silent poetry found in bodies caught between the leap and the inevitable fall.
Andy Lo Pò has won several awards and had his work exhibited and recognised by the National Portrait Gallery as part of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize, Creative Review Photo Annual, The International Photography Awards, and The Getty Prestige Grant. To see more of this series please, click the tab below.
