A terracotta-toned dining room with a woven pendant lamp over a wood table, a dark timber staircase rising beside it

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Tulum Photographer for Portraits, Vacation Sessions & Real Estate — Light, material, and the people in the room.

Thank you for being here. Archiwia is the studio of Sylwia — interior, property, and portrait photography made between Tulum, Mexico, and Warsaw, Poland.

A linen-slipcovered sofa with butter-yellow pillows against a wood-panelled wall, ceramic vases on a low table beside sheer curtains

Storytelling photographer

Sylwia photographs villas, boutique hotels, and private homes — based in Tulum, with work across Europe — alongside a smaller body of portrait work. The approach is the same either way: time spent with the light and the space before a single frame is made.

Rooms are photographed as they are lived in rather than staged for the camera, in natural light wherever possible, and finished with a light hand — true to colour, true to the place.

Portrait of Sylwia, the photographer

A tree growing up against a rough terracotta-plastered wall, a tall window with sheer white curtains behind its leaves

A lit brass task lamp on a wood nightstand beside a bed, with a macramé wall hanging above, a vase of dried pampas grass, and a small brass singing bowl

Two built-in wall niches: the upper shelf holds a turned wood vase, a bud vase of dried eucalyptus, and a piece of white coral; the lower shelf holds a rolled green herringbone throw and a small ceramic buddha-head candle holder

Woman in a black swimsuit and small oval sunglasses standing waist-deep in a pool, hands behind her neck, palms and a terracotta wall behind

A large conch shell resting on the edge of a live-edge wood coffee table, a black sofa and textured cushion softly out of focus behind it

A half-moon jute rope headboard on a warm plaster wall, linen pillows and a white bedspread, a sheer curtain softly blurred in the foreground

Couple embracing on the beach under coconut palms, her arms raised around his neck, laughing, sun flaring behind them

A turquoise plunge pool beneath banana leaves and palms, a terracotta cube of a room behind a weathered wooden gate and limestone posts

Couple nose to nose on the shoreline at sunset, the sun flaring between them, a thatched-roof building and palms behind

A black velvet sofa facing a sliding glass door onto a palm-lined balcony, a live-edge wood coffee table set with candles and a carved stone in the foreground

A jungle courtyard with two lap pools running toward a bamboo-clad building screened by dense palms

Looking past a live-edge coffee table and a dark velvet sofa through open glass doors to a rattan chair on a balcony, framed by dense palm fronds and a geometric metal railing

Woman in a gold and silver satin slip dress reclining on the floor against a teak lounge chair, a concrete staircase and rope coffee tables behind her

Terracotta pots of tall cacti on a pale gravel floor beneath a teak shutter, a diagonal shaft of sunlight across the plaster wall and a linen curtain tied back in the foreground

A teak and woven-abaca lounge chair beside a linen sofa and rope coffee tables, a blue studded vase of dried flowers, beneath a concrete staircase with a slim black railing and lit alabaster niches

A white linen sofa and turned-wood stool beside a walnut bench, a framed coastal photograph lit by a ceramic table lamp

Woman reclining with her arms behind her head against white sofa cushions, eyes closed, lit against a terracotta wall

A dark freestanding tub beside a travertine table holding a tray of pillar candles, afternoon light through a round window

A round wood dining table surrounded by carved chairs beneath a wall-mounted drum-shade lamp against a terracotta wall

A curved pool bordered by palms beneath a vine-covered wall, red lounge chairs set on the sand beside it

A lit ceramic table lamp on a wood nightstand against a walnut-panelled wall, beside a bed with a woven headboard

Close portrait of a woman looking down, seated on a linen sofa against a terracotta wall

A row of arched balconies on a blush-toned building, seen past a vine-covered wall and tropical leaves

A white conch shell on a rough-hewn wood stool beside a walnut armchair, a shaft of sunlight cutting across the terrazzo floor

Close portrait of a woman in a wide straw hat looking down, a cameo drop earring and a gold ring in soft, shaded light

Woven rattan loungers and a fringed cream umbrella on a white terrace, seen through palm leaves against dark jungle trees

Black-and-white close portrait of a woman resting her forearm across her raised knee, hand in her hair

Black-and-white close portrait of a woman resting her forearm across her raised knee, hand in her hair

A covered entrance with angled concrete columns, woven pendant lamps, hanging rattan chairs, and a patterned tile rug, a stone sign reading Tikal Tulum on the back wall

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