In 2016 I developed a series of images to create a panoramic view of the Square in Kelso. Because the buildings there are mostly “listed” they make the Square one of the most attractive town centres in the country. The celebrations of the 200th Anniversary of the building of the Town Hall originally inspired the pictures. I felt it would be both interesting and useful to record the current state of the Square
Originally, the intention was for this series of pictures to form an exhibition with pictures from a group of other photographers. For a variety of reasons it became problematic assembling all the required images. Subsequently I offered my set of images to the Scottish Borders Council Archive as a record of the Square in 2016.
Other Projects
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Leader Water – a finished project
The Leader Water is the third in a series of three books featuring woodland in the Scottish Borders. A finished project? Well, maybe for the time being.
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Woodland
Woodland, the second of three books about the woods and trees in the Scottish Borders. It follows on from The Heron Wood. Here are some of the images you’ll find in it. Watch this space soon for an update on Volume 3 – Leader Water.
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The Heron Wood Project
COVID lockdowns brought frustrations but they also provided us an opportunity. The resulting pictures of the local Heron Wood reflected the complexity of the situation. They are now available in a new book from Blurb Books
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The Light in the Shadows
Creating a book from a website feels like it should be easy. But it turned out not to be like that at all.
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Fiddlers Ferry Panorama 2011
This image was part of a panorama project I undertook for a client in Oldham in the UK. You can clearly see, from 40 miles away the Fiddler’s Ferry power station on the Manchester Ship Canal.
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The Tweed Crossings Project 2016 –
Maps identify over 30 river crossings on the Tweed between Kelso and Berwick in the borderland joining England and Scotland. Many, especially the fords and ferries, have now vanished. But each of them has a story to tell in the turbulent history of the region.
