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My journey to discovering the work of Roberto Badin began, as many profound discoveries do, in a deep rabbit hole of local history. As someone who’s always been fascinated by Aberdeen’s past and the quiet narratives etched into its streets, I found myself tracing the origins of a famous Scottish whiskey, Chivas Regal, which began…
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Opening these pages from The Exposed Eye feels like a profound act of archaeology. I have to admit my oversights in not lingering longer to uncover the unspoken narratives that haunt the frame sometimes. These images, woven into Härenstam and Strand’s playful yet profound dialogue, resonate deeply with my passion for photography’s ability to peel…
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There’s something quietly soul settling about Simak’s work, a quality that pulls me back to those solitary hours in my Aberdeen flat, sat at my computer, trying to make sense of my own visual chaos. His conceptual approach, one that’s rooted in the ordinary yet elevated by light’s transformative presence, feels uncannily aligned with my…
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I was given the opportunity to talk with Dana Stirling, a photographer whose work I’ve been following closely. As you may recall, I was deeply moved by her book, Why Am I Sad? a piece that arrived at a time when I was grappling with my own photographic explorations into the unspoken corners of human…
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The first time I ever felt the visceral, raw energy of a music scene, it was not in some cavernous arena but in the cramped, sticky spaces of a rock club in December, Aberdeen 1993, a few weeks before my 16th birthday in February 1994. I was barely a teenager, but in the sweaty, pulsating…
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From the very first time I delved into the powerful, unflinching world of Joseph-Philippe Bevillard’s book, Mincéirs, a visceral experience that challenged and reshaped my own feelings, I felt a path open to a new, breathtaking body of work. As I poured over the pages, my own research led me to the work of Manuela…
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As a lad growing up in Aberdeen, the landscape was always a character in my story, a backdrop of grey granite that both cradled and challenged. The North Sea, relentless in its push and pull, and the wild, ancient cairns on the outskirts of the city were my first teachers in impermanence. I find myself…
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From the moment I first clapped eyes on the rat skull logo of Powell Peralta, all the way back in the late 80s when skateboarding felt like a secret society, I’ve had a fleeting, almost unconscious relationship with fashion. It was a world of oversized t-shirts from Street Threads in Aberdeen, baggy jeans, and skate…
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Stephanie Pommez’s the Enchanted Ones, published by Kehrer Verlag, is a book about the profound meditation on the Ribeirinho community in the Amazon, resonates with the raw, quiet strength I see in so many families as they navigate their unique worlds with a mix of pride and challenge. The resilience documented in this work is…
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As a 40 something dad running this site and working full time, I find that a good photobook can often resonate in a way I didn’t expect, cutting through the daily chaos of my life and speaking to a deeper truth. Joseph-Philippe Bevillard’s Mincéirs, published by Skeleton Key Press, is one of those books. With…