With beard-cutting attacks and a reality TV hit about breaking the faith, the Amish have been painted in a negative light recently.

But an eye-opening collection of photographs has captured a thoroughly unbroken example of what it means to belong to the intriguing religious community. 

Photographer Lottie Hedley visited the Hilty family on Smyrna Mills, northern Maine, near the Canadian border and her series ‘Unbroken’ shows Milo and Velma and their family of five hard at work sustainably and organically farming their 20 acres of land.