Join Scottish photographer and writer Dr Alex Boyd as he discusses his work on the islands and remote communities of the North Atlantic. Alex will discuss the origins and influences behind his images, and how over the last two decades he has explored the island Archipelagos of St Kilda and the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, the Aran Islands of Ireland, the Faroe Islands and more.

He will also discuss his latest book, The Point of the Deliverance, which documents a ten-year project to follow the routes of early Christian saints along the Atlantic coastline of Scotland and Ireland. These photographs, made on glass and tin, have been made using a near-forgotten photographic process from the 1850s - wet plate collodion. Learn how Alex managed to make these images in a travelling darkroom with a Victorian camera, using silver and cyanide on clifftops, loch sides, and mountain tops in some of the Celtic world's most stunning locations. Photographs that National Geographic say "...tell a story of patience, tenacity - and complex human identity with the landscape"

Bookings are essential for this free event via Eventbrite. Light refreshments will be available. We suggest you bring your own keep-cup or mug for tea, coffee or water. Please advise if you have any accessibility requirements.

About Dr Alex Boyd: Alex Boyd is a photographer, printmaker and writer. His work is concerned with landscape, identity and land ownership; themes he has explored with collaborators such as National Poet of Scotland Edwin Morgan and musician Nick Cave. He is known for using antique early photographic processes, and has worked extensively in mountain environments. His work is held in several national collections including the National Galleries of Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Yale Center for British Art, USA. His first book, St Kilda - The Silent Islands, was shortlisted for a Saltire Award. His new book,The Point of the Deliverance, features contributions from poet Moya Cannon and David Gange. He was awarded a PhD in 2023, and is currently working on a project on the Ukraine War at Curtin University.

(Image: ©Alex Boyd - Last Light, Dun Briste, Ireland, 2012.)