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Remembrance Sunday at George Square

Remembrance Sunday at George Square

On loss, memory and COVID – an photo essay from Remembrance Sunday at George Square, Glasgow Cenotaph and the Garden of Remembrance

Show Up – Unconventional outdoor exhibition for all-Scotland viscom grads

Show Up – Unconventional outdoor exhibition for all-Scotland viscom grads

A photo essay covering SHOW UP outdoor exhibition, an unusual All-Scotland degree show for visual communication design class of 2020.

Nostalgic Back Alley Urban Portraits in Black and White with Kevin (Part 3)

Nostalgic Back Alley Urban Portraits in Black and White with Kevin (Part 3)

Part 3 of the photo story about a back alley urban portraits with Kevin for my Urban Portraits Dumfries project.

Magic BT Beans and Lockdown Psychogeography

Magic BT Beans and Lockdown Psychogeography

A few thoughts on the powers of psychogeographic (photo)walking in the lockdown Glasgow and our discovery of Magic BT Beans artwork.

Lockdown visual stories: takeaway delivery riders

Lockdown visual stories: takeaway delivery riders

From Glasgow in lockdown series – a visual story looking back as takeaway delivery riders and urban food flow under a strict lockdown.

Argyle Street: Masks, queues and returning life

Argyle Street: Masks, queues and returning life

The "new normal" retail visual experience on Argyle Street – masks, lines and queue marshals – after non-essential shops open.

Glasgow lockdown – the rise and demise of takeaway pints

Glasgow lockdown – the rise and demise of takeaway pints

Out in Merchant City creating a humanist urban photo document of a fleeting lockdown phenomenon of takeaway pints before their ban by Glasgow City Council.

Arandora Star Memorial Garden

Arandora Star Memorial Garden

A photo essay about the Arandora Star Memorial Garden as the Scots-Italian community commemorates the 80th anniversary of the wartime tragedy

60s urban optimism re-enacted in portraits with Emily (Part 2)

60s urban optimism re-enacted in portraits with Emily (Part 2)

Part 2 of my Urban Portraits Dumfries project shoot with Emily, re-enacting the 60s urban optimism and playing the visual rhythms of architectual features.

Vintage urban shoot with Emily (Part 1)

Vintage urban shoot with Emily (Part 1)

Urban Portrait Dumfries blog series continues with a photo story about Emily's vintage urban shoot on a parking lot with a little scooter.

Justice for George Floyd Glasgow peaceful protest

Justice for George Floyd Glasgow peaceful protest

Anti-racism activists gather on the steps of the Clyde Amphitheatre for Justice for George Floyd Glasgow protest and to affirm that Black Lives Matter.

Glasgow lockdown walks: Clydeside at dusk

Glasgow lockdown walks: Clydeside at dusk

Shifting our daily Glasgow lockdown walks to late evenings led us to appreciate some unexpected views of Clydeside at dusk.