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InspiredFirstlight Festival

Official Festival Photographer

Firstlight is a free annual arts festival on the seafront at Lowestoft — one of the largest of its kind in the UK. Adam Barnes has been the official photographer across multiple years, documenting headline performances, late-night stages, and the quieter moments between sets. Andy Sheppard, Eliza Carthy, Tom McRae, DJ Paulette, a bagpiper at dawn and sculptures by Lawrence Edwards on the beach at last light.

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Andy Sheppard playing the saxophone at the Firstlight festival
Blue and Green
Tom McRae at Firstlight festival
DJ Paulette
Eliza Carthy on the violin at Firstlight festival MainStage
From the Stage
Full Throat
Into the Wind
Walking Men - by Laurence Edwards
The Jump
Under the Big Top
Kitty May
Bagpipe Dawn at Dawn
Both Knees
Hair Up
Borrowed Breath by Suffolk sculptor Laurence Edwards
At the Water's Edge
The Stone Head