Keepie Up, with King Kenny
Few months back now I had the pleasure of photographing Sir Kenny Dalglish, former Scotland, Celtic FC and Liverpool FC footballing legend par excellence, and his son Paul, also former footballer and now football agent. It was one of those photography assignments that makes you feel lucky to do this job…
Pontifical Scot’s College, Rome.
Back in 2000, when magazines still commissioned nice reportage documentary photography pieces, I was called by a picture editor I regularly worked for and asked the lovely question, “Can you go to Rome?”.
This photographer captured Glasgow for 30 years. What’s changed?
Very nicely I’ve been interviewed by The Glasgow Bell news website, about my latest zines showcasing some of my photography of Glasgow of the last 30+ years.
Our Fathers Fought Franco
Portraits from a recent assignment here in Glasgow, down by the River Clyde, to photograph Willey Maley, Tam Watters, and Jennie Renton, who have come together to write the story of their fathers who went to fight fascism in Franco’s Spain, ‘Our Fathers Fought Franco’.
Echolocation, Echolo…, Echo…
Recent portraits for Nature magazine, with Dr. Lore Thaler, in her lab where she studies echolocation, at the Department of Psychology, University of Durham, in Durham, England, 2025.
Demolition on the Wyndford Estate
Yesterday I headed up to the north west side of Glasgow, to the Maryhill area, to watch as three tower blocks on the Wyndford Estate were brought down, demolished, in a controlled explosion. Always a fascinating event to witness, but also one with much poignancy.
Interview with Offline Journal
Very nicely Brian Carroll at Ffoton Wales and Offline Journal recently invited me to chat with him about my photographic archive, and how that has led to me publishing a series of photographic zines of photo-essays and work from my archive.
Harris Tweed zine, in the press
My recent zine publication, ‘Harris Tweed 1992’, with images from the Harris textile industry, was recently highlighted and written about in Scotland’s The Sunday Post newspaper, in a feature written by Patricia-Ann Young.
Rose Reilly, projected in Edinburgh
My portrait of Scottish footballing legend Rose Reilly, currently showing in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, was this past weekend projected onto the side of the National Galleries building on The Mound.
Mark Carney, all the Prime jobs
Mr. Mark Carney, next Prime Minister of Canada. For one afternoon a little while back we were both at work, both in the same city, both in the same room, both looking at different sides of the same camera…