Artists’ niches at Midsteeple
My photo story about the artists niches at Midsteeple in Dumfries where artworks are curated to be found and experienced by people directly. Bea Last's and Kate Mink's installations were on display.
D-LUX illuminations and Burns Night parade 2018
D-LUX illuminations brought a breath of fresh air into Doonhamers’ traditional Robert Burns’ birthday street celebrations in 2018.
This year’s lantern procession was a much …
Urban photo project with Ivor Gott (Part 3 – Loading Bay)
Let’s continue with Part 3 of my photo story about my urban photo project with young artist Ivor Gott on the streets of Dumfries (…
Kayleigh and Rio – autumnal portraits at Castledykes Park (Part 1)
As my Urban Portraits Dumfries project progressed I noticed that shooting in an urban environment was not particularly encouraging for recording the natural flow of …
Nithraid 2017 night time
Nithraid 2017 was the first time when this popular Dumfries river Nith festival continued into the night time with live music, film projections, tasty vegan …
Midsteeple Quarter cafe mural and some street photography reactions
Here’s a little story of some street photography reactions I had a couple of days ago in Dumfries town centre. I arrived too early for …
Congratulations to Lincluden community!
My congratulations to Lincluden community, whose beautiful heritage of Lincluden Collegiate Church has been voted one of six Hidden Gems of Scotland! It was …
Guid Nychburris Parade 2017
Another year has passed – and the traditional Guid Nychburris parade, part of an annual Dumfries festival has happens on the third Saturday of June, …
Spray painting and sign making at Apache Land
It is an ambitious project indeed to transform the wasteland at Sunderries Rd that has been neglected for twenty years into a community garden and …
#1daywithoutus – Dumfries and Galloway style
Being Russian, I couldn’t help noticing the rising tensions around migrants and migration as the Brexit vote was approaching. The worrying tendency was to downplay …