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The Alasdair Gray Archive

This month I was invited to The Alasdair Gray Archive by its wonderful custodian, Sorcha Dallas. Alasdair was and continues to be a huge influence on my life and my art, so visiting and photographing the archive was very special to me.

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Streetlevel Open - Photography Exhibition

I am hugely excited to have my work exhibited at Streetlevel Photoworks this Summer, featuring examples of my protest photography taken over the last two years - some of which I have never shared anywhere else.

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Wevolution, SPGs, and Peer Gatherings

"We all want the same things: we want to be encouraged, we want to be supported..." A look back at one of my favourite yearly events to shoot for one of my favourite clients, and the wonderful SRG movement.

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Merry Christmas from The Gorbals!

After the pandemic prevented any public Christmas celebrations in 2020, it was finally time to #LightUpTheGorbals again. I always look forward to shooting this on behalf of New Gorbals Housing Association, and it felt extra special this year.

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Glasgow’s Summer Photobook Kickstarter

After a year of hard work, my seasonal portrait of the city is almost complete! Glasgow's Summer captures the city and its people flourishing in the sunlight. Grab the box set of all four seasons!

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Cooper’s Lot Band Promo Shoot

Folk? Funk? Fusion? Honestly I’ve no idea how to describe the music of Cooper’s Lot in one sentence, but I’ve been dancing to their debut song all day today. Read on to see some of the photos I created to help the band promote their music.

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Book Week Scotland Promo Photos with Author Denise Mina

Today Scottish Book Trust launches Book Week Scotland, beginning on November 15th and celebrating it’s tenth year. As such, the festival’s theme is Celebration, so for our photoshoot with award-winning author Denise Mina, that’s exactly what we did!

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Glasgow’s Spring Photo Book

On the Autumn Equinox, exactly twelve months since I started, and on the day I took the last photo on the last roll of film, I thought I’d write a bit about how and why I choose and arrange the images which make it into print in my street photography portrait of the city.

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Scottish Witcher Cosplay Photoshoot in Glasgow

”After a large part of the year crafting armour and weaponry, I passed the Trial Of Grasses and with the help of some absolutely magical photography by Alasdair I can finally say I'm a fully fledged Witcher ⚔️”

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May Day 2021

Beltane literally means “bright fire”, symbolic of the sun growing in the sky, a new season beginning, and of communities coming together to celebrate.

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Glasgow Community Garden at Kingston DIY Skatepark

There’s been some amazing work going on down at KingstonDIY - As well as the community built skatepark, which just keeps growing and growing, some local residents (legends) created this garden for people to enjoy.

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Reclaim These Streets Glasgow

This weekend, in public spaces all across Glasgow, people came to tie ribbons, leave messages of solidarity, share their stories, and reflect upon everything the last week has brought up. These photos show the vigils at George Square, Queen's Park, Mary Barbour's Statue in Govan, Kelvingrove Park, and Alexandra Park.

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Making Recovery Visible Joins Glasgow’s Sunny G Community Radio

Donna wanted to talk about her road to recovery, and make peace with her old home town, so she reached out to Jennifer at the Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press to tell her story - and I had the pleasure of creating these photos with her down at Sunny Govan Community Radio

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End Hotel Detention

My photographs here show a demonstration led by refugees who were forced from their homes and into Hotel Detention, and the inhumane conditions imposed by the UK Home Office and its hired service providers.

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