I came to the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland in 1995. I was an amateur photographer. I didn't know it then but it was a turning point in my photography. On a small ferry boat between the island of Berneray and Leverburgh in South Harris, I photographed a woman with her three children (Hebridean Family). A moment in time. Then the moment was gone. This was the voyage that sealed my love affair with the Hebridean people. And this was the photograph which would become one of my most important images.
To see a YouTube of a selection of the photographs in my book please click on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDIJtWcWjv4
A related post about 'Hebrideans' please visit:
copperknobconnection.wordpress.com
About the Author
Monica Weller
copperknob1
Bookham, Surrey, UK
My Blog about my connection to Hollywood star Robert Pattinson:
http://pattinsons.wordpress.com
Monica's Post about:
The Outer Hebrides:
copperknobconnection.wordpress.com
And a Post about India:
monicaweller12.wordpress.com
I am a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS), a photographic judge, a member of the RPS Licentiateship Panel and have exhibited my photographs widely. I have held a one-woman show at the RPS HQ in Bath, England and won awards from both the RPS and the London Salon of Photography. I began a freelance journalism course in 2000 and have had articles published in the Financial Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail and numerous magazines. I was on the editorial team for the Royal Photographic Society's Portfolio One and Two.
I am the co-author of 'Ruth Ellis, My Sister's Secret Life', which is available on Amazon, and is about the last woman to be hanged in the UK in 1955.
Publish Date April 05, 2012
Dimensions Large Format Landscape 70 pgs
Standard Paper
Category Arts & Photography
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