Had the summer hols in Britain this year. Driving through a small village I noticed through the swish-swish-swish of the wipers a pub menu board in a street that said "Please god, please, stop washing......
Time. Interesting stuff. Ask Prof Hawking. He knows a bit about time. He's patiently thought about it....that takes....er...time, all that thinking. So it's just as well we've got it (time) otherwise he'd not have been......
This isn’t an essay or simply a woe-is-we narrative about how hard it is to be a black boy in America. This is......
As any of you who've read some of my previous posts will know, I like the chance encounters of life that can manifest in a series of events which become a story. As......
Gloves, just gloves. © John MacPherson I was asked to photograph a Highland estate for the owners. To show them the......
The glass of Croick (image reversed so you may read it) © John MacPherson Croick Church in Sutherland has, etched into......
The Cornett family. © William Gedney Collection, Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library I've been enjoying Roger May's blog Walk your......
Harris Bay, Isle of Rum © John MacPherson Harris Bay lies 8 miles across the Isle of Rum from Kinloch,......
I was doing a documentary photography project on remote and forgotten Hebridean islands. And one island I visited, which shall remain nameless, was profoundly moving. One amongst many many islands I visited that were charged......
The most ambitious nature/environmental photography project ever undertaken in the UK, 2020VISION, launched its photographic exhibition in Edinburgh on Thursday. Well over 100 guests attended the event in the Royal Botanic Gardens in......
I listened to 'serial social entrepreneur' Colin Crooks talking on the BBC Radio 4 Four Thought programme last week on how bad unemployment in the UK really is and what can be done about......
Age & history © John MacPherson When I was small I played in a distillery. With my friend Kenny. His dad......
2020VISION Young Champion Bertie Gregory has been busy photographing urban peregrines in London. Stunning images, great writing, a huge amount of dedication and so much skill. And he's still only a teenager! [caption......
I can fly © John MacPherson "I can fly" said the young girl on Skye, one day. "Can you?" I asked "Yes!" ......
A relative of mine runs a bed & breakfast. Its on a main bus route north/south. Door knock at 'bus time' one evening and a young couple are standing there looking for b&b. "Do you have......
....and words can always hurt me. "Despite all the articles, I have yet to see one that helps people understand, in detail, why this is such a personal topic for people who have had......
I was on the remote mountains of the Isle of Rum, working on a photography contract over the course of a year for our government's environment agency, SNH. It was hard work, on big hills,......
When I was little my dad had a boat. He had saved and saved for years to buy it. It was wooden, just a dinghy, but a lovely freedomcraft with which we crossed the......
Katelyn Why don't people just see it for what it is? - Makeup. It's an artist replicating something that looks realistic & yes, while disturbing, I'm sure the whole editorial staff wasn't showing that they......
"It’s our opinion that story-tellers should focus on their project, and editors and publishers have a responsibility to work out how they can make money from the content and pay the story-tellers. One of......