Ex-Voto is the culmination of a five-year photographic journey to Catholic pilgrimage sites in Ballyvourney, Ireland, Mount Grabarka, Poland, and Lourdes, France by award-winning photographer Alys Tomlinson. The book's title refers to the physical offerings given in order to fulfil a vow—humble objects such as handmade wooden crosses and pages torn from notebooks—which connect the pilgrim with the landscape. The project comprises black and white portraits of pilgrims, landscapes of the sites and still-lifes of the ex-voto objects, captured on large-format film. Shot with an objective gaze, the images appear untethered from contemporary life and out of time, while evoking both the stillness and spirituality present at these sites of great contemplation. Ballyvourney, Mount Grabarka and Lourdes are pilgrim sites whose origins go back to the 6th, 13th and 19th centuries respectively. Belief and faith in these narratives draw modern-day believers, whose pilgrimage signals both their belonging to a community and an act of faith.