Scottish Photographers Gallery
SP members have pulled together and submitted work for the Gallery section of the website. All members are welcome to submit work but there is a criteria for doing so.
We are looking for a small selection of images that come together as a concise well considered set. Even if from a larger body of work, look for a good edit. If from a larger set then we can mention that. We are not looking for a best of. Nor are we interested in any 'technical' experiments, its the finished work that's important not how you got there.
What we're trying to get across is for SP members to start (if they haven't previously) thinking seriously about their work and aim beyond the mark, that SP seeks to leave the notions of camera clubs and licentiateships etc. well behind.
At the moment SP does not have any 'selection committee' for members wishing to have work on the gallery pages. You will just have to accept the skill and past experience of George Logan as picture editor. All SP members are eligible. If anyone wishes to volunteer for the picture editor spot for a spell they would be more than welcome.
Submit 3 (triptych) to 10 images, preferably from an existing and cohesive body of work but work in progress also considered.
All images should be saved as RGB Hi Res JPG's sized at 72 dpi with the longest side of 800px. Minimal sharpening. Larger and tif files will be accepted but please not too large.
Also a very short artist's statement if you wish, titles etc. Images should be trimmed precisely, so please do not leave a tiny sliver at the edges that will then have to be tidied up for you.
Remember to also notify us of any forthcoming exhibitions, that will be distributed via SPEM and Notes.
If the above comes across as overly strict it is not intended as such and we look forward to seeing a wide variety of photography.
Hope you enjoy this seasons selection which is nicely eclectic with images from around Scotland and beyond.
Stefan Syrowatka has submitted images from an ongoing series that he has been working on for several years documenting Scottish life.
Avril Harris has been working with interior spaces to evoke their dynamics within an historical context.
Douglas McBride's ongoing series presents a dreamlike primordial landscape.
Simon Nicholas White over the past few years has been photographing the abstractions that are found on the rocks around our coast, of which this is just a small selection.
Carl Radford working with a wet collodian process produces striking portraits that have a unique quality.
Tina Vanderwerf captures fleeting moments that add up to a mysterious undefined more.
Alex Boyd questions notions of the sublime and cultural identity through the placement of a lone figure within the landscape.
John H Rhodes tackles the micro landscapes of pools, revealing details of plants and reflections to the wider world.
Jerome Lorieau gives us a contre-jour look at Edinburgh.
George Logan (SP webmaster and editor) presents images from a small series on gravestone figures.
David Buchanan has a very nice triptych of Snowforms, reminiscent of Alison Watt's fabric paintings.
Peter Goldsmith presents a small selection from an ongoing project documenting Bankhead Moss in Fife.
