COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY: ARCHITECTURE (SPECIALISING IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS & PLACES) + THE ENVIRONMENT (FORESTRY, RIVER MANAGEMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES) + DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY
Burrell Collection 2022
First opened in 1983, the Burrell Collection soon earned its place as a key cultural icon for Glasgow. By 2015 the building was showing its age and surveys suggested the original entrance sequence was not quite working. Architects John McAslan + Partners have revamped the interior , whilst leaving the external shell untouched but upgraded to improve the building’s environmental performance. This shoot was for Beck Interiors, responsible for the majority of the internal fixtures and finishes. The total budget was £68m, raised by Glasgow Life.
Runciman Murals
Alexander Runciman painted a ceiling mural and four pendant paintings in the apse of St Patrick’s Church in Edinburgh’s Cowgate in 1867. When the Presbyterian church acquired the building, they painted over the ceiling mural, believing it to be idolatrous. It remains hidden, other than small test panels, but these photographs, for the Runciman Apse Trust, show the two left hand pendant paintings, before, during and after conservation by Owen Davison of The Conservation Studio.
Christ and the Woman of Samaria, before conservation
Elias, before conservation
Christ and the Woman of Samaria, during conservation
Christ and the Woman of Samaria, after conservation
Elias, after conservation
Museums
Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery, Glasgow
New entrance, National Museum of Scotland
Natural World Gallery, NMS
Natural World Gallery, NMS
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Riverside Museum & The Glenlee, Glasgow
Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Boat Gallery, Shetland Museum
Sandwich Museum, Kent (for DesignMap)
Roman Head, Sandwich Museum, Kent (for DesignMap)
Steam Engine, Verdant Works, Dundee
Heritage Projects
RRS Discovery, Dundee
RRS Discovery, Dundee
HM Frigate Unicorn, Dundee
Abbotsford House
Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn
Culzean Castle
Robert Owen and David Dale's houses at New Lanark
Temple of the Muses, Dryburgh (Tweed Rivers Heritage Project)
Doulton Fountain, Glasgow Green
The Glenlee berthed at Riverside Museum, Glasgow
National Museum of Scotland
The NMS opened three new galleries in July 2016: Science & Technology, Fashion; Art & Design. I was commissioned by the company responsible for designing the galleries - Metaphor Design - to photograph the galleries during installation, on the opening day, and again a week later.
Formula One racing car
Science & Technology Gallery
Fashion Gallery
Art & Design Gallery
Science & Technology Gallery
Science & Technology Gallery
Art & Design Gallery
Royal College of Surgeons Museums, Edinburgh
The RCS Museums were housed in two buildings near the city centre. John McAslan + Partners, working with Campbell & Co Design, redeveloped the complex to include a new glazed link and new displays. I was commissioned to photograph the completed project.
Heritage Apprentices & Interns
The Heritage Lottery Fund has been supporting the training of young people in a range of heritage skills under the general banner of "Skills for the Future". I have photographed a number of them on location: David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre; GalGael Trust, Govan; Low Parks Museum, Hamilton; Forth & Clyde Canal
Intern at the David Livingstone Centre
Apprentice boat builder at the GalGael Trust
Volunteer film maker at South Parks Museum
Apprentice stone mason with Scottish Canals
Apprentice stone mason with Scottish Canals
Knockando Woolmill
Knockando Woolmill in the whisky countryside of Moray was one of the last surviving estate wool mills, and was originally water-powered. An innovative project has not only restored the original mill buildings but has secured their sustainability via a new production facility, making high quality tweed and woollen fabrics and goods, both for direct sale and for other producers.
I photographed the site in October 2016 for the Architectural Heritage Fund, one of the organisations that had supported it.