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We publish a re-written article by A.D. Morrison-Low: ‘Tripping the Light Fantastic’: Henry Talbot and David Brewster, from an archive edition of Studies in Photography with new images

By Sara Stevenson Preamble This article was first published in 1988, and requires some background explanation. The National Galleries of Scotland launched its formal interest in photography as an art form late in the day – in 1984. Julie Lawson and I were then faced with a distinct problem: how to build a collection of Scottish photography without sufficient and authoritative research on the subject – without even knowing who the significant photographers might be. With one or two exceptions, there was no ‘canon’. This was unusual and possibly unprecedented in gallery history – curators are supposed to have clear...

David Buchanan follows his History of Scottish Photographers with this detailed chronology – on the years 2012 – 2020.

First Published Aril 10th 2020