Took a few days off last week and drove my son William (7) and nephew Adam (23, who is hitch-hiking around from his home in Norway) on a short trip around the west coast......
I'm intrigued by double exposures. I've written about Daniella Zalcman's very moving work with indigenous Canadians here. I really like her fascinating double-exposure approach to this project, and there's a reason......
An ongoing series about Inverness Masjid, the northernmost mosque in the UK. Part one is here. --------------------------------------------------------- "You'll need to blank out my face in that picture please..." said the......
"No we don't need you making pictures of us." said the vexed-looking Asian man, "We need to keep a low profile….the way things are just now…all this trouble...we need….we just need to......
Above Loch Loyne © John MacPherson Last Saturday above Loch Loyne I sat in my van in the......
I have a few 'clootie' (cloth) wells near me. These are 'healing wells' and the tradition is to dip a piece of rag in the water and wipe the afflicted part of your body......
Type. Writer. © John MacPherson Interesting post on Salon that caught my attention 'Will Wheaton is right:......
If you've read this blog on and off over the last year or so you'll perhaps recall my partner's brush with death. If you've not, I've written about it here, and......
The way stuff pops up in Twitter often surprises me. This morning it knocked me for six. Two tweets, two images, related. But miles and miles apart. In so many ways. First I saw this (posted by......
Charlie Beckett used a metaphor in a recent (excellent) article that has become more commonly used of late "drowning in a sea of stories about our world". (Sometimes also seen......
Fancy taking your first steps in photofilm production? Then join us from the 26th to the 28th of August in......
I saw experience yesterday. It was eloquent, supportive, directive, but overwhelmingly caring. I was visiting my mum, who has dementia and is looked after in a residential care home in the Scottish Highlands. A close relative......
I like whales and dolphins, and big fish. I've been very lucky to grow up in a coastal area, and undertake a lot of work on the coast, and on islands, and consequently have had......
I walked along the beach, it was the 7th December. Cold. Sleet showers stung my face. I saw a branch, cast ashore on the tide. It was shapely and elegant, and rocking to and......
I took a trip over to the west of Scotland to see family this week. With some time to spare I thought I'd revisit a place I'd not been for a few years -......
Loch Don, Mull © John MacPherson I love islands. I like their light. I was able to get onto 41 Scottish islands one......
Where the tar ends (Italy) © John MacPherson...
Wood pigeon art © John MacPherson One of the large plump wood pigeons that loiter about my street had......
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North Sutherland © John MacPherson...