Ingalissa Middleton was born in London but moved to Iceland when she was three years old. She then returned to the UK to study for a BA in photography, film, and animation at the University for the Creative Arts, Surrey, and then an MA at The Royal College of Art, London. Middleton has worked for various clients doing cinema and theatre stills, advertising, and editorial photography. She has enjoyed experimental photography and explores vintage photographic printing processes and making and exhibiting Cyanotype prints.