Announcement.
Since the beginning of 2026 it was decided to embrace AI and to incorporate any AI imagery into Mandi Hibberd's work. Therefore, Mandi created areas for her photography, artwork and or course AI Imagery..
RNLI Charity Auction
At the end of January, Mandi Hibberd received a request from an artist asking if they could paint a picture of my RNLI Withernsea photo, to which I agreed. On the 6th February at auction in aid of RNLI Withernsea was held at Withernsea Pier Hotel, Withernsea, and the painting achieved the highest bid of £1,000. Now if that wasn't enough, the winner of the bid then donated the framed painting to the crew of Withernsea Lifeboat Station to hang on the wall at their station.
February 2026
February sees a return of Mandi Hibberd Photography to the Seaside Arts Shop, Withernsea.
For the first time making it's appearance was an alternative image of RNLI Withernsea Lifeboat, unlike the one used in the "To The Rescue Series" which can be seen in the Top Left Hand corner, (which is NOT for sale on it's own) was the very first image created after the tragedy. The A2 image is on canvas and is currently being retailed at £50.
The second image is a A2 Framed and Mounted copy of the To The Rescue Collage, which was retailing at £50. This print was sold within days and therefore replaced by an A2 canvas of the RNLI Skegness Lifeboat. This canvas is currently retailing for £50.
These canvas or framed & mounted images are either Limited Editions or "One of a Kind" and will not be reprinted in the future.
RNLI Withernsea
To The Rescue
RNLI Skegness
Through The Pier Towers
The opposite photo is a selection of images taken over a period of time, and shows various objects through either the main Pier Towers or the Mini Pier Towers.
Top Left Image, is Withernsea Lighthouse this image was taken from a particular point on the beach. However, many people questioned this image and accused me of photoshopping the image, but once I explained where to go and extremely low tide at Full Moon, they came back with their own version of the image and proved that it was indeed NOT the working of photoshop.
The image below left is Withernsea Beach as seen from Withernsea Mini Pier Towers.
The centre image is one of the Full Moon, taken on a cold February night.
Right Top, is sunrise, Right middle is a January Full Moon and right bottom is Withernsea recently refurbished Withernsea Clocktower as seen from the front of Withernsea Mini Pier Towers.
January 2026
Can't believe that January is almost over and what a month it has been .
The start of the month started with a terrible tragedy which has knocked the community side ways and within days they fundraising began, both for the families and for the RNLI. As a result, Mandi Hibberd created and designed "To The Rescue" which incorporates nearly all the emergency services who attended the tragic incident.
The images consist of (from the top), RNLI Withernsea, Hornsea Inshore Rescue, Coastguard, (below) RNLI Skegness, Humber Rescue and RNLI Bridlington, and not forgetting the involved of Humberside Police, Fire and Ambulance services.
Hello 2026
Happy New Year to you all and thank you for your continued support, and welcome to the new designed website.
This allows me to showcase all aspects of Mandi Hibberd, being my authorial work, my international photography, or images of the town that I live in, Withernsea as well as my Lifeboat Images too.
So the big questions is where will 2026 take Mandi Hibberd, all I can say, it's early days, we shall see how things progress. But firstly, today being the 1st January 2026, we can see the launch of my new book "The Watchers" on Amazon.
The Watcher's is a true account based upon my own narrative of events which occurred from 2017 to 2023, having been a victim of Stalking, harassment, cyberstalking and doxing along with the web of lies and deceit that the couple spread about Mandi Hibberd over that period of time. The narrative is based upon the aid of printouts from various social. media accounts, such as Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Emails, Court Records & Documents, Police Reports and of course Mandi Hibberd's Diaries from the mentioned years.
Additionally, this month Mandi Hibberd International celebrates three years of being a Getty Images Contributor, and has accumulated noted sales in Norway, India, USA, Australia, Netherlands, Singapore as well as in the United Kingdom, and sales continue to do well on Photo4Me.
And finally, Mandi Hibberd The Withernsea Photographer can happily announce that all the 2026 Calendars have successfully sold out, that covers The Withernsea Calendar 2026, The Yorkshire Calendar 2026, The Holderness Lifeboat 2026 and The Withernsea Biker Calendar 2026. Currently Mandi Hibberd is placing the final touches to the Withernsea Calendar 2027 before it's sent to the printers.
About Mandi Hibberd
Never in my wildest dreams would I believe what I have achieved today (2025).
It all started in 1984 when commenced work in a Camera & Organ shop and given a camera, a Zenith 19. Then everything I learned was either tried out in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom or in the resort itself. After a few years the Zenith gave way to a Ricoh. However life events changed the direction my photography journey would take.
After leaving school, Business College and University came calling until a personal tragedy led me to cross the Irish Sea, then the photography passion surfaced again. But upon the return to the UK shores having been head hunted by a top recruitment company led me back into the Corporate Finance World. Taking time away from work the camera resurfaced, being a Canon Power Shot A5.
Slowly a reputation for taking those “wow” images for weddings was gained. It was not long before those images found their way into British Wedding Magazines, soon afterwards a huge article was written about a Sheffield UK based Wedding Photographer making waves in an Italian Based Wedding Magazine, and working for an Italian Wedding Manufacture and this lead to the creation of Fairyland Weddings & Event Planners.
In 2009, life took an unexpected turn and by 2012 Fairyland Weddings had been sold, allowing for another walk down the academic corridors, and the camera was put out to pasture. By the end of 2015 having up sticks and in a new region, the camera was dusted off and updated for a DLSR Cannon EOS 450 and the photography joined the academic path.
By 2017, now well established in the East Riding, it didn’t take long before my lifeboat images got noticed and in 2018, Mandi Hibberd became known as The Lifeboat Photographer, now covering from Whitby, North Yorkshire to the Skegness on the Lincolnshire Coastline.
Shortly, Mandi Hibberd’s images became known in the UK and quickly spread over seas only to become a international name.
It didn’t take long before Getty Images discovered Mandi Hibberd’s name and soon invited her to join, which Mandi did, and in return her photographic journey escalated to even further heights, gaining international awards for both her Lifeboat and Landscape photography.
Since 2023, Mandi's work has been seen on Google Featured Photos.
During the course of 2023 Mandi was commissioned to photograph a series of work in Ireland which allowed her to visit different regions (Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Clare, Galway, Dingle, Limerick etc) and also managed to spend a bit of time with family and friends.
Also during 2023 & 2024 time was spent in the Highlands of Scotland as well as in the Welsh Valleys
Fairyland Weddings & Event Planners 2002-2012
The Lifeboat Photographer
Mandi Hibberd International
MANDI HIBBERD - The Author
Withernsea Lifeboat: Past & Present and Withernsea Photobook
During the winter months of 2023, Mandi was in Research mode, and March 2024 saw the launched of Withernsea Lifeboat: Past and Present, detailing the history of Withernsea’s Lifeboat from 1862, and how a Floatilla sailed from Hull to Withernsea for the launch of the newly installed Lifeboat at Withernsea.
This was quickly followed with The Withernsea Photobook, show casing Withernsea's Iconic landmarks.
Both of these books are available on Amazon, (paperback & kindle)
Killing The Faith & The Russian Professor
If writing non fiction books wasn't enough Mandi has also written a couple of fictional books and again these can be found on Amazon to purchase.
MANDI HIBBERD - Calendars
When not writing non-fictional or fictional work, Mandi has been creating and designing The Withernsea Calendar since 2020, after having earned the nickname of The Withernsea Photographer. The last year saw the latest calendar designs for Withernsea Calendar 2026, The Yorkshire Slimline Calendar 2026, which was sold during the course of 2025, via Mandi, stockists or online at “My Local Calendar”
At the beginning of 2025 there were discussions of creating and designing a couple of charity calendar to raise money for two charities “Care After Combat” and “RNLI”, too charities close to Mandi's heart.
So a further two calendars were created, being The Care After Combat Charity Calendar 2026, being a selection of images taken between 2021 to 2024, during a period Mandi began carving a name for herself within the Biker Community, and today is held in high regard by them.
The second charity calendar was The RNLI Charity Calendar 2026, again consisting of a selection of lifeboat images taken during the years 2017 to 2024, along the East Coastline, from Whitby to Skegness and which allowed Mandi to showcases some of Mandi's finest images. During that period, Mandi's was slowly becoming noticed within the Lifeboat Photography community and quickly earned the name "The Yorkshire Lifeboat Photographer. Again, these calendars can also be purchased directly from Mandi Hibberd, or alternatively purchased online at “My Local Calendar”
