A woman and young girl walking hand in hand through a shaft of light in a covered market
Documentary photographer — Nottingham & beyond

Exposing
The Ordinary

Irina Holliday shoots the moment between the poses — candid stories and unguarded feelings, whether that's a stranger on the street or the room at your event.

— Approach

The moment between the poses.

Amateur by background, obsessive by nature. What started on the street — reading a block for the second before something happens — is the same instinct that finds the real reaction in a packed room: the laugh before the punchline lands, the hand mid-gesture, the glance across the bar after the mics go quiet.

— Archive 01

Events

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Woman seated in blue and red light looking at her phoneAudience members writing notes during an eventWoman in a red dress speaking into a microphoneAudience member photographing the event on her phonePanel speaker gesturing while holding a microphoneWoman speaking among guests beneath colourful lightsMan listening thoughtfully with his hands claspedBlonde woman looking down during a discussionSmiling event attendee with bright red hairMan gesturing while speaking during a seated discussionSmiling panel speaker wearing a headset microphoneThree event participants smiling and posing together
— Archive 02

Street

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Street scene through a café window framed by leavesTop-down street scene with a person beside wrapped flowersPerson reading a newspaper in warm café lightStreet portrait of a flag seller in city sunlightNeon-lit city corner at night in JapanLayered street reflections at duskRainy window with the words Take Away and a shadowed figureFoggy city towers glowing at nightCommuter seen through a red underground train doorBlurred passenger behind a misted transit windowRainy red phone box at nightBlue bicycle in the foreground with a church spire beyond
— About

Nottingham based. Rarely home.

Irina Holliday is a documentary photographer working out of Nottingham, UK — and often well outside it. The work is candid by principle: no posing, no direction, just watching until the real moment shows up. That's as true on a street corner as it is in a packed conference room.

Available for panel discussions, conferences, product launches, and editorial-style event coverage — and always happy to travel. Full galleries delivered fast, shot to be used, not just archived.

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Based in Nottingham, UK
Available for Events, editorial & travel
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