Stereographic portrait of Veronique
I have recently been snatching some time to work on a personal project with Magda from Snip and Sip. We created a series of stereographic portraits of some of Magda’s clients for Project Summerhall an exhibition at Summerhall until the 18th of March 2018.
Although it feels like yesterday, I realised recently that it has been ten years since I did photography for the Edinburgh International Film Festival‘s ‘new’ branding.
Rather than spending this evening as I usually would on a Friday, with a glass of wine in my hand and enjoying my new fire stove (yes, in Edinburgh it is still just about cool enough to use), I am heading out to the wonderful Jupiter Artland as they celebrate their summer season opening. Although I am sure I will get a glass of wine at some point, I’ll be there on a more professional basis to take photos – capturing the reactions of their invited guests to see this year’s artwork. After months of being locked away to the public, the park will be back open as of tomorrow and I’m sure it will be another brilliant year.
Children enjoying ‘Cells of Life’ by Charles Jencks
This month, I’ve swapped my studio in Summerhall for the altogether warmer climes of Sierra Leone. I first went in 2014 with a Scottish architecture / construction charity, OrkidStudio, to take some photos of a new girls school they were building in Kenema. I instantly fell in love with Sierra Leone, but shortly after I returned to Scotland, was devastated to hear about the Ebola outbreak in the region I was just in. When I looked at my photos I would wonder how my new friends there were coping with this tragic pandemic, and feel helpless to their fight.
One of the Swawou School girls in her new classroom.
National Theatre of Scotland. Home. Dundee
Ten years ago last month marks a decade since the National Theatre of Scotland nailed their colours to the mast and declared themselves open. Rather than choose one production in one location, they created HOME – a series of plays taking place in one weekend across Scotland. I was lucky enough to be invited on board, to capture five of their nine events in one weekend.
Tonight I’m taking part in a global Pecha Kucha night, you can look at it online at www.pechakucha.org. 20 slides x 20 seconds per slide and me talking about my Southsiders portrait project.
Am feeling slightly apprehensive.
Patty McGonigal, Artist & Cleaner at the Royal Commonwealth Pool