Intro - projects

'Inside The Fort' ......this was a photographic project I devised within my Social Work job to allow two men with 'learning difficulties' to explore their local community. The quality of the work they produced was astonishing, and it went on to win them a major arts award, and nationwide exposure from the Scottish Arts Council in a touring exhibition.

'See me, Hear me' is a piece of work created with my Social Work clients and fellow staff, for a competition on the theme of deaf-blindness. It consists of a series of triangular pillars which have images split across them, which is designed to challenge the viewer and make them consider the perspective they take when viewing other less able individuals.

International Year of The Mountain. I was asked to run a workshop that would explore the links between poetry and the mountain landscape of the West Highlands. I chose a poem by Norman McCaig and the participants attempted to interpret the physical and political landscape it portrayed, in images using a digital camera, laptop and inkjet printer.

'Negative Image - Positive Perception' This piece of work was an entry for Fotofeis 'The Scottish International Festival of Photography'. The piese was an elaborate photographic montage of portraits of the participants. It was designd to transcend individual disability and collaboratively produce an allegorical 'figure' of huge presence and interest. It resulted in a piece of work 6 feet tall by 4 feet wide, which was exhibited widely and included in the Canon sponsored event 'The Six Continents Fax Linkup' where artwork from every continent was sent electronically to a central venue. Our work was judged to be "the most overpowering and thought-provoking" of all the entries received.



			International Year of Fresh Water. I was asked to run an SNH sponsored photography event for a community group in the West Highlands, using digital technology to explore the significance of fresh water. The event was run over a weekend and focused on rainfall, burns, rivers and lochs and attempted to explore the spiritual significance of water to us.



			Ballachulish Documentary Photography Project. This was a year-long project I supervised in a small coastal community in the Highlands, enabling local residents to record life in their village. Several people, including some 14 and 15 year olds worked hard, producing a solid body of work that was proudly an impressively exhibited in the Ballachulish Village Hall.