Quiet Bridge, Scotland - photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Quiet Bridge, Scotland - photogravure print - The Weekly EditionIn 2009, I undertook a 3 week photographic commission in Scotland. I had freedom to travel around and make pictures of the landscape and castles. When I think about working in the land my overall feeling is busy. This is why I am drawn to quiet views, simple scenes that bring me comfort when I view the prints. I am revisiting the negatives from this trip, and like in this case printing some for the first time. This hand pulled photogravure print is

75 x 6 inches on an 11 x 15

I was photographing with some friends that day and as I handed the flowers to the model I was informed that they were called " Babies breath"

Handmade 4x5 platinum print

during which I photographed this street corner in Oban

5  inches on an 11 x 15

Limited edition of 30 plus 2 proofs

I discovered a photograph of this doorway made by Eugène Atget

I found myself imagining Bernardo as a young man walking with the sheep

Little volumes of beauty just waiting for you to take home and add to the shelf

Betty Jo Gregory

I had been working with Catriona for 6 years when I made this photograph

this odd word best speaks to me about why I am so drawn to images and ideas from the time before I was born