SSHoPStudies in PhotographyABOUTThe journal, Studies in Photography facilitates public engagement in the re-imagining of photography through in- depth essays, important historical and contemporary images and thoughtful analysis. We believe that Studies, by presenting essays and images offers a responsive process that brings a shared interest in photography through its historical and contemporary context. Studies will always work towards the common goals of promoting photography… Show more SSHoPStudies in PhotographyABOUTThe journal, Studies in Photography facilitates public engagement in the re-imagining of photography through in- depth essays, important historical and contemporary images and thoughtful analysis. We believe that Studies, by presenting essays and images offers a responsive process that brings a shared interest in photography through its historical and contemporary context. Studies will always work towards the common goals of promoting photography both locally and globally. Show less

Relaunching the Curwen Press from October 2011, focusing on publishing Social Justice and Ecology projects.News from Curwen Press- the start of the box set of prints of Zigi Sapietis -The Hidden Chronicles.The panels are being created as a box set of prints, the first major commission by Curwen Press in association with master printers Graal Press and writer Rosemary BurnettNote- A publication detailing the story of the hidden chronicles with information on the print process will… Show more Relaunching the Curwen Press from October 2011, focusing on publishing Social Justice and Ecology projects.News from Curwen Press- the start of the box set of prints of Zigi Sapietis -The Hidden Chronicles.The panels are being created as a box set of prints, the first major commission by Curwen Press in association with master printers Graal Press and writer Rosemary BurnettNote- A publication detailing the story of the hidden chronicles with information on the print process will be also available.Zigi Sapietis -The Hidden Chronicles “Empire builders are greedy pirates and self-worshippers who conquer foreign lands – kill, imprison, assimilate and exploit many millions”. With these words, Zigrids Sapietis opens his Hidden Chronicles, his story and the story of his beloved Latvia – Amberlands.Zigi, spent a year in prison and a concentration camp for his nationalist views. His hatred of empire builders, dictators and fascists stems from his reaction to the exploitation and colonisation of his homeland by Germany and Russia and his treatment at the hands of the German Gestapo for the part he played in the nationalist movement as a young man of 18 and 19. He was born in 1924 in the Riga district of Latvia. In 1947, whilst he was a refugee in Denmark, embarking on his artistic studies and recovering from his wounds, Zigi began a written record of his time in prison and the concentration camp. At this period, it would have been dangerous to use the real names of his prison friends and fellow nationalists. This feeling has lingered with him ever since, which explains why, even though the panels were made between 1990 and 1994, he has used pseudonyms in The Hidden Chronicle panels. Red Baldhead is Lenin, Red Jo is Stalin, Umbrellaman is Chamberlain, Anglecross Alfie is Hitler. Show less

I studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art, 1968-1972 after qualifying, I spent 6 months recording the plants on the uninhabited island of Stroma, creating my first photogram images. In 1992 my photogram work were exhibited at the Photographers Gallery London, in 2002 at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh. From 2002 to 2007 I worked on creating a multi-screen moving image installation based on natural landscapes, in partnership with Richard Ashrowan (www.threshold10.com))… Show more I studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art, 1968-1972 after qualifying, I spent 6 months recording the plants on the uninhabited island of Stroma, creating my first photogram images. In 1992 my photogram work were exhibited at the Photographers Gallery London, in 2002 at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh. From 2002 to 2007 I worked on creating a multi-screen moving image installation based on natural landscapes, in partnership with Richard Ashrowan (www.threshold10.com)). These works have been exhibited at the Threshold Artspace in Perth, Ruskin Gallery in Cambridge, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Fabryka Sztuki in Poland. In 2008 a major showing of my photogram images, ‘Blue Flora Celtica’, was presented at the Foksal Gallery Warsaw. In 2009 work was shown at Brantwood, Lancaster University and The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. In 2010 the Darwin Now project was shown at the Muzalewska Gallery Poznan. A touring exhibition of my photograms - Stromata was presented by the Highland Council in 2011.I am currently working on a number of Art projects in the Public Health sector in Glasgow. Show less

Owner - Art and Paper. Presenting art on paper, photography, photograms, prints etc in partnership with the Leyden Gallery London.http://leydengallery.com/art-and-paper

Patient dignity is a central theme of the New South Glasgow Hospitals. Focused on approximately 80 Quiet Rooms across the Hospitals, variously called quiet, relatives and family rooms, this project aims to create dignified spaces for waiting and the important conversations between staff patients, and families/carers. This project will deliver a strategic approach and attention to detail across a range of rooms found throughout the Hospitals, from emergency departments to wards and departments.

Chair of the Board of Directors. Set the strategic and financial direction of the organisation.

Chair of the Board of Directors. Set the strategic and financial direction of the organisation.