For anyone who doesn't know, I grew up Highland Dancing and am still actively doing it. My brother is a bagpiper. Our last name is MacDonald (Clan Ranald, woot!) My father is from Antigonish 'the Highland Heart of Nova Scotia,' where I spent a few of my formative years. Escaping the influence of mother Scotland was pretty much unavoidable. We love it.
Imagine my elation when I received an email today from my all time favorite store Anthropologie promoting their online gallery. (I frequent this regardless.) The Anthropologist just so happened to be featuring this photo journalistic tribute to Scotland by famed photographer David Eustace. Coincidence? Oh nooo, I don't think so.
So I found myself doing a little happy dance at my desk today, hence the double posting. Simply breath taking. Please, please follow the link to see the whole photo-documentary in it's entirety. It's worth it just for the captures, but even better to see them laid out and accompanied by the captions.
http://theanthropologist.net/?cm_mmc=Email-_-Anthro_11-_-061411JuneCANNews-_-gist#/HighlandHeart
This project just makes my hands itchy. Fancy pants camera & hiking boots. Check. Plane ticket & time?
Le sigh. I'll see you again next summer fo sho Scotland. xo
Peruse the rest of the gallery for more awesome stuff. Anthro also has a Tumblr site called Etymologie for further inspiring content.
I swear one of my besties Sasha and I would move into one of their stores if we could.
http://anthropologie.tumblr.com/?cm_mmc=Email-_-Anthro_11-_-061411JuneCANNews-_-tumblr2
Tara, thank you so much for sharing this. I love this style of photography very much. Very rugged. Very bad weather too. Not the most pleasing thing to photograph in.
ReplyDeleteExactly what I am after in my own work. Simplicity, excluding as much as possible, showing the empty beauty of mother nature.
No problem Oli! I just couldn't resist and am always happy to hear I'm not alone in my admiration.
ReplyDeleteThat simplicity and ruggedness is largely what makes these shots exceptional in my opinion. You've got those qualities in you own work too. Told you I'd have to blog about you soon!
Rainy, dramatic weather & Scotland go hand in hand. The beauty is it can change in 10 minutes flat. Not unlike the Rockies. Want to come to Scotland next summer?