the Hebridean trace

This is a series I developed during a winter spent exploring the Hebrides, the spectacular archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland.

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From the beginning I have been attracted to movement and its potential to capture sensations in a more abstract way. Things that are felt more than thought.

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In my more abstract images I use my camera sensor as if it were a canvas. Intuitively, I turn camera movements, along with slow shutter speeds, into brush strokes, infusing the sensor with the light, colour and shapes of nature that have stirred something within me.

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These islands can be cold, overwhelming due to the violence of the wind, wet and bleak during the hours of low winter light; but in a few minutes, overwhelming storms turn into clear, calm, blue skies that intensify the turquoise of the sea, while snow-capped mountains are revealed in the distance, beyond the vast bogs before you, and a gentle breeze caresses your face, now warmed by the sun. The sparse population and changing weather make the landscape seem even more vast and wild. They are islands full of contrasts; of light and darkness; of moss, lichens and black and white sand beaches; heather moors, rocky hills and a multitude of lochs. All steeped in history and legend.