Albert Watson (born 1942) is a Scottish photographer well known for his fashion, celebrity and art photography, and whose work is featured in galleries and museums worldwide. He has shot over 200 covers of Vogue around the world and 40 covers of Rolling Stone magazine since the mid-1970s....
Thomas Annan was a Scottish photographer, notable for being the first to record the bad housing conditions of the poor. Born in Dairsie, Fife he was one of seven children of John Annan, a flax spinner. After his initial apprenticeship as a lithographic writer and engraver at the Fife Herald...
Photo tip:Capturing the castle from Calton Hill just beside The Nelson Monument perfectly lines up with a Scottish flying flag somewhere in the Princes Gardens if you have a zoom lens! Stockbridge My favourite suburb of Edinburgh, Stockbridge is everything you want in a Scottish village. With t...
The Scottish-born photographer Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) was appointed a staff photographer under General George B. McClellan. He became famous for his Civil War-era images, including the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam. Metropolitan Museum of Art An image of a Confederate soldier by Ale...
Last, but certainly not least, we haveBenjamin Dimmitt, whom I knew from social media, but not IRL. (I guess even these meetings were on Zoom, so Benjamin, hope we can connect in meat-space one of these days!) Benjamin was a long-time New Yorker who relocated to the South, but he...
Balmoral Castle…Queen Elizabeth’s Scottish holiday home… Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland … Below …Fell pony,Sanja Ebony… thewhite on her faceis sprinkles ofgray hair… Some Fells develop this as they get older, including my mare … Queen Elizabeth rode Fells and was patron ofThe ...
Working with people from all walks of life, Gavin enjoys capturing unique stories with authenticity, sensitivity and creative flair. Gavins' work has been widely exhibited, with highlights this year including the Royal Scottish Academy of Art at Edinburgh's National Gallery, and the Royal Ulster ...
Many of his friends were also Communists or suspected of being so (Member of Parliament D. N. Pritt; film director Joseph Losey; Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid; actor Alex McCrindle). Strand was also closely involved with Frontier Films, one of more than 20 organizations that were identified...
John Moffat was a Scottish portrait photographer, but he also produced stereoscopic photographs. Apart from being a successful businessman, he was also an amateur painter and musician and had eight children, of whom several were as multi-talented as their father. Moffat was born on the 26 April...