007 (Colour)
GLENCOE, SCOTLAND – 2025
Archival Pigment Print
The entrance to the Glencoe pass in Scotland offers a volcanic amphitheatre in all weather conditions, but at the denouement of a snow storm there is a haunting menace to Buachaille Etive Mor, the cone shaped monolith that rises vertically to the west of the A82. This is a place where many bad things have happened over the years and the rawness of the topography gives a symbolic nod to that. Glencoe is not a place of lavender fields and sun kissed meadows; it is a primeval geological aberration of granite rock.
The pass is one of the most arresting visuals in the UK and I have filmed up here many times over the years. Of course, I am far from alone and the celebrated film director – Sam Mendes – chose Glencoe as a key location for Skyfall in 2012. I am sure his decision was influenced by the fact that the Fleming family has, for four generations, lived in the region and Ian Fleming himself spent many a day in the shooting lodge just 45 miles down the road to Glen Etive. This is most emphatically Bond country.
From the single-track West Highland Way running parallel to the main road, we were able to offer a sense of journey to Bond’s DB5 and the other props came to mind quite naturally. At first light, the red telephone box certainly popped against such a formidable backdrop and we had made sure the lighting inside the box was functional. That made all the difference and we are again reminded that it’s often the small things.
The strongest photographs have an emphatic sense of place and conveying this was acutely necessary to do justice to both the destination and the Bond parody. We did get lucky with the weather and also, I want to thank the Fleming family and the Alba police force for their help with this project. It was not a bad few days to spend in pursuit of my craft.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 47” x 103” in (119.4 cm x 261.6 cm)
- Framed Image: 62” x 118” in (157.5 cm x 299.7 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 31” x 69” in (78.74 cm x 175.3 cm)
- Framed Image: 46” x84” in (116.8 cm x 213.4 cm)
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Bond (Colour)
GLENCOE, SCOTLAND – 2025
Archival Pigment Print
Glencoe offers one of Scotland’s grandest locations, especially at the denouement of a winter storm. This panoramic was taken about 20 minutes after the snow had stopped fallen and clouds still covered the cone shaped volcanic monolith of Buachaille Etive; there is an emphatic sense of place and sense of mood. We were very fortunate to be here in these conditions and we were all very rather humbled by the vista in front of us.
This is the celebrated gateway to the Scottish Highlands and a land known not just for its natural beauty, but for its bloody past, particularly the Clan feuds between the MacDonalds and the Campbells. The drive through Glencoe encourages a silent historical musing as intense as any road I know in the world. Shit happened here.
But there is also an untamed regality to the region that has long drawnfilmmakers and, of course, this goes full circle, as this remote part of the world has long been associated with the Fleming family and particularly Ian Fleming – the creator of James Bond. He lived here before moving to Jamaica in 1946.
A pivotal sequence in the 2012 Bond movie “Skyfall” was shot on the road down from the A82 to what was Ian Fleming’s nephew’s shooting lodge – Dalness. The location was well chosen and all those that are drawn to the mournful beauty of Scotland, appreciated the subtle alchemy between Bond’s DB5 and the quintessential Highland topography. I doubt any other Bond location has as many daily visitors as that Glen Etive Road.
This photograph was taken near the entrance to that road on the West Highland Way. We had watched the weather forecast every day for 10 daysbefore the shoot and not in our wildest dreams did we ever expect the light and the snow cover to be this kind to us. We still had to move quickly with the props and I had to find compositional balance in my frame, but the weather was the transcending component. We were back at Dalness for breakfast.
This photograph is personal. Scotland is my home and I think we did Glencoe proud. No wonder Sam Mendes chose to shoot here in the Skyfall movie and the truth is that we got luckier than him with the weather.
I would like to thank the Alba Police force and Phil Fleming for their help in making this shoot happen.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 38” x 102” in (96.52 cm x 259.1 cm)
- Framed Image: 53” x 117” in (134.6 cm x 297.2 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 29” x 77” in (73.66 cm x 195.6 cm)
- Framed Image: 44” x 92” in (111.8 cm x 233.7 cm)
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The Home of Bond
GLENCOE, SCOTLAND – 2025
Archival Pigment Print
Ian Fleming – the creator of James Bond – was the grandson of Scottish financier Robert Fleming, who was a material landowner in the Highlands. One of the most coveted estates in the family was Dalness in Glen Etive, near Glencoe. Before WW2, Ian Fleming spent many days in this most dramatic of locations and this did not escape the attention of British Director Sam Mendes, who used the very same estate and glen as the location for the climax of his 2012 Bond movie – Skyfall. This is Scotland at its untamed best.
The road off the A82 from Glencoe to Dalness attracts camera heavy tourists, in part because of its volcanic beauty, but also because of Skyfall. I was keen to use the exact location where Daniel Craig and Judi Dench had a moment of reflection outside his parked Aston Martin DB5. After that, all hell broke loose.
With the help of the Alba traffic department of the Scottish Police, we were able to secure permits to briefly close the road. We were fortunate with the weather; this is not a blue-sky place and ideally, we wanted some snow and a hint of menace in the sky. There is a mournful beauty to the highlands that is visually compatible with flat light and low cloud. The sky falls low in Scotland. This was a personal shoot for me given my heritage and my early childhood memories of skiing in Glencoe. Every shoot matters, but this one had an edge. The crew all stayed at Dalness and I think that put us in the right spiritual zone to do justice to Ian Fleming.
I want to thank the Fleming family, Torquil McAlpine and Alba for their support and help with this project.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 51” x 103” in (129.5 cm x 261.6 cm)
- Framed Image: 66” x 118” in (167.6 cm x 299.7 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 34” x 68” in (86.36 cm x 172.7 cm)
- Framed Image: 49” x 83” in (124.5 cm x 210.8 cm)
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Skyfall (Colour)
GLENCOE, SCOTLAND – 2025
Archival Pigment Print
Glencoe offers one of Scotland’s grandest locations, especially at the denouement of a winter storm. The cone shaped volcanic monolith of Buachaille Etive stands proud at the entrance as if it was a white hatted sentry guarding the national treasures in the glen beyond. This is the celebrated gateway to the Scottish Highlands and a land known not just for its natural beauty, but for its bloody past, particularly the Clan feuds between the MacDonalds and the Campbells. The drive through Glencoe encourages a silent historical musing as intense as any road I know in the world. Shit happened here.
But there is also an untamed regality to the region that has long drawn filmmakers and, of course, this goes full circle, as this remote part of the world has long been associated with the Fleming family and particularly Ian Fleming – the creator of James Bond. He lived here before moving to Jamaica in 1946. A pivotal sequence in the 2012 Bond movie “Skyfall” was shot on the road down from the A82 to what was Ian Fleming’s nephew’s shooting lodge – Dalness. The location was well chosen and all those that are drawn to the mournful beauty of Scotland, appreciated the subtle alchemy between Bond’s DB5 and the quintessential Highland topography. I doubt any other Bond location has as many daily visitors as that Glen Etive Road.
This panoramic was taken near the entrance to that road on the West Highland Way. We had watched the weather forecast every day for 10 days before the shoot and not in our wildest dreams did we ever expect the light and the snow cover to be this kind to us. We still had to move quickly with the props and I had to find compositional balance in my frame, but the weather was the transcending component. We were back at Dalness for breakfast. This photograph is personal. Scotland is my home and I think we did Glencoe proud. No wonder Sam Mendes chose to shoot here in the Skyfall movie and the truth is that we got luckier than him with the weather.
I would like to thank the Alba Police force and Phil Fleming for their help in making this shoot happen.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 36” x 103” in (68.58 cm x 261.6 cm)
- Framed Image: 51” x 118” in (129.5 cm x 299.7 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 27” x 78” in (68.58 cm x 198.1 cm)
- Framed Image: 42” x 93” in (106.7 cm x 236.2 cm)
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Skyfall
GLENCOE, SCOTLAND – 2025
Archival Pigment Print
Glencoe offers one of Scotland’s grandest locations, especially at the denouement of a winter storm. The cone shaped volcanic monolith of Buachaille Etive stands proud at the entrance as if it was a white hatted sentry guarding the national treasures in the glen beyond. This is the celebrated gateway to the Scottish Highlands and a land known not just for its natural beauty, but for its bloody past, particularly the Clan feuds between the MacDonalds and the Campbells. The drive through Glencoe encourages a silent historical musing as intense as any road I know in the world. Shit happened here.
But there is also an untamed regality to the region that has long drawn filmmakers and, of course, this goes full circle, as this remote part of the world has long been associated with the Fleming family and particularly Ian Fleming – the creator of James Bond. He lived here before moving to Jamaica in 1946. A pivotal sequence in the 2012 Bond movie “Skyfall” was shot on the road down from the A82 to what was Ian Fleming’s nephew’s shooting lodge – Dalness. The location was well chosen and all those that are drawn to the mournful beauty of Scotland, appreciated the subtle alchemy between Bond’s DB5 and the quintessential Highland topography. I doubt any other Bond location has as many daily visitors as that Glen Etive Road.
This panoramic was taken near the entrance to that road on the West Highland Way. We had watched the weather forecast every day for 10 days before the shoot and not in our wildest dreams did we ever expect the light and the snow cover to be this kind to us. We still had to move quickly with the props and I had to find compositional balance in my frame, but the weather was the transcending component. We were back at Dalness for breakfast. This photograph is personal. Scotland is my home and I think we did Glencoe proud. No wonder Sam Mendes chose to shoot here in the Skyfall movie and the truth is that we got luckier than him with the weather.
I would like to thank the Alba Police force and Phil Fleming for their help in making this shoot happen.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 36” x 103” in (68.58 cm x 261.6 cm)
- Framed Image: 51” x 118” in (129.5 cm x 299.7 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 27” x 78” in (68.58 cm x 198.1 cm)
- Framed Image: 42” x 93” in (106.7 cm x 236.2 cm)
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Homeland (Colour)
Lochcarron, Scotland 2020
More often than not, a sense of place is an integral ingredient of a strong contextual photograph. If we can manage that in South Sudan and South Georgia, it should be possible in my home country of Scotland. Whenever I work up here, I am slightly on edge as I feel a little bit more pressure to deliver.
This is probably the best photograph I have taken in Scotland (if we exclude the football images of Celtic and Rangers in the 1980s) because it scores highly on both subject and context. If one or other is mediocre there is no image, but in this case, the 14 pointer stag is magnificent and the rest is Scotland as Scots know it and as it is assumed to be by others. Grand, slightly mournful, but at all times unique.
I don’t have an issue magnifying nature. The romanticist movement glorified aesthetics and I am of that persuasion. Why dumb things down? Scotland can be bleak and gloomy, but therein lies its beauty.
I could not have achieved this frame, high up in the coastal hills of North West Scotland, without considerable local help and I would like to thank Colin Murdoch for his support and counsel. Our team call him “The deer whisperer” and I think that is about right. He is the most cheerful man I know at 5 am in the morning. I think this a deeply emotional image and all the better for it.
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE
- Image Size: 56” x 78" in (142.24 cm x 198.12 cm)
- Framed Image: 71” x 93” in (180.34 cm x 236.22 cm)
STANDARD
- Image Size: 37” x 51” in (93.98 cm x 129.54 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 66” in (132.08 cm x 167.64 cm)
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The Home of Golf
St. Andrews, Scotland – 2022
“Golf was first played on the links at St Andrews, Scotland, 600 years ago. It is unequivocally the home of golf and when the Royal and Ancient (R&A) had to choose a venue for the 150th British Open this July, there was never really a choice. It would be held at St Andrews.
This small university town in Fife has always struck me as a place from which to tell a story because the golf course and the town merge harmoniously as one, which is no surprise as they have lived with each other since the 15th century. Even non-golfers find it difficult to look at the view toward the clubhouse without feeling some sense of visual overload.
My concept was to tell a period story and use the town and the historic buildings behind the 18th green as extra characters in a cinematic celebration of the most famous view in golf. It is a scene that has been painted many times, but I had not seen a photograph with a revisionist take of what the links may have looked like when golfers played “The Old Course” the other way around, as they did in the 19th century. The goal was to be greedy and include important landmarks such as the Swilcan Bridge and this demanded an intricate composition.
I knew who my lead would be, the iconic Gary Player, nine times a Major winner and three times Open Champion. St Andrews has been a major part of his life and he holds the course and the R&A in the highest of regards. Gary, whilst in his mid 80s, is still a showman, with the looks and style to carry the photograph with ease.
With the idea approved by St Andrews Links, we had great support from the R&A and many of their members were game enough to be styled in 1890s gear. It was such a memorable evening and everybody played their part in making a little bit of history. I was honoured to be behind the lens and I think I did the town and the Old Course proud. As a Scot, this is an important and special picture for me and I know Gary shares my pride.”
Available sizes
LARGE: Edition of 20 + 3 AP
- Image size: 44” x 103" in (111.76 cm x 261.62 cm)
- Framed Image: 59” x 118" in (149.86 cm x 299.72 cm)
STANDARD: Edition of 20 + 3 AP
- Image size: 30” x 69" in (76.2 cm x 175.26 cm)
- Framed Image: 45” x 84" in (114.3 cm x 213.36 cm)
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Glencoe
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE - Edition of 12
- Image: 56” x 84”
- Framed: 71" x 99"
STANDARD -Edition of 12
- Image: 37” x 56”
- Framed: 52” x 71”
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Over the Sea to Skye
Scotland, 2017
My primary goal that squally morning, high on the hills above Lochcarron, was to take a portrait of a big stag that would have a sense of place. It was important therefore to work with a lens wide enough to offer enough background detail that those familiar with the region could identify Skye in the background.
That side of the quest was less of a challenge than getting close enough to a big stag. They are skittish at best, but they were familiar with my fixer – Colin Murdoch – and that was the break that I needed.
When the moment came with this 12 pointer, it was imperative to have my focus pin sharp on his head – without that, there would certainly be no picture. The other important factor was that I wanted the stag to look regal and not nervous. Whilst camera focus is under my control, the posture of the stag is largely down to “the gods”. I just had to make myself as small and unthreatening as possible.
I first saw this image as a big print in our gallery in Paris and it grabbed the eye. There is not much I would really change. Even a few Parisians recognised Skye in the background.
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE
- 79 × 71 inches in Edition of 12
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Jura
Archival Pigment Print
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE
- 67 x 89 inches in Edition of 12
STANDARD
- 48 x 62 inches in Edition of 12
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