Its a glove thing…
Written by John Macpherson
Gloves, just gloves. © John MacPherson
I was asked to photograph a Highland estate for the owners. To show them the familiar in an unfamiliar way if possible, and make them reacquaint themselves with their home through the eyes of an observant stranger with a camera.
I loved this wine basket fixed onto the kitchen wall filled with gloves.
And the family loved the image too. And admitted they’d become so familiar with it that it had become invisible!
Gloves, gloves, gloves, of all sorts!
Gloves of leather, gloves of plastic, gloves of rubber.
Gloves for gardening.
Gloves for dishwashing.
Gloves for cleaning.
Gloves for woodchopping.
Gloves for winter.
Gloves for summer.
All kept together.
Handy.
Author — John Macpherson
John MacPherson was born and lives in the Scottish Highlands. He trained as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards, before completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, and then qualified as a Social Worker in Disability Services. Along the way he has cooked on canal barges, trained as an Alpine Ski Leader & worked as an Instructor for Skiers with disabilities, been a canoe instructor, and tutor of night classes in carpentry, stained glass design and manufacture, and archery. He has travelled extensively on various continents, undertaking solo trips by bicycle, or motorcycle. He has had narrow escapes from an ambush by terrorists, been hit by lightning, caught in an erupting volcano, trapped in a mobile home by a tornado, kidnapped by a dog's hairdresser, rammed by a basking shark and was once bitten by a wild otter. He has combined all this with professional photography, which he has practised for over 35 years. He teaches photography and acts as a photography guide & tutor in the UK and abroad. His biggest challenge is keeping his 30 year old Land Rover 110 on the road. He loves telling and hearing stories.