About Me

Career

Before I retired in 2016 I was a lecturer. Working in education enabled me to research and to publish, and to do what I enjoyed most, which was to travel and meet fellow academics from around the world. I attended conferences in Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Israel and China. 

Retirement gave me more opportunities to travel, and time to return to photography, which I’d been passionate about in the days of film, darkrooms and noxious chemicals.  Over 25 years had elapsed since I took part in amateur photography. I had a lot of catching up to do!

Exhibitions

I have held three exhibitions for charity this year. Two of them raised funds for Survivors of Bereavement through Suicide (SOBS), while the third, run in partnership with another photographer, Margaret Elliot, raised funds for displaced people from Ukraine living Dumfries. 

I plan to hold more exhibitions, ideally once a year. I’ll post details in the blog when they are arranged.