Stunning images of Castle Douglas, Auchencairn, Palnackie and other locations in and around the Stewartry feature in a new Scottish landscape photography book being launched next week by one of Scotland’s award winning photographers, Allan Wright.
Leading Scottish landscape photographer Allan Wright, who lives in Castle Douglas, presents a new portfolio of stunning imagery captured over the last 16 years in a new book titled ‘Galloway’. Contributed to by acclaimed writer Tom Pow, who also resides in the region, ‘Galloway’ is the second in a series of three Scottish landscape photography books to be launched this year*
Through enticing imagery Allan instinctively defines many alluring features of the local landscape and conveys his deep, personal connection with it as he portrays fresh perspectives of local towns, habitats and heritage, which thrive in this captivating part of Scotland.
The new pictures beautifully present the Galloway landscape over the seasons with the book including intriguing new takes on some familiar locations including; the stunning islets at Carrick Shore and Mossyard, new vistas overlooking Kirkcudbright, a wintry scene at Dundrennan Abbey, the ‘Holy Linn’ in the Glenkens, Sea Pinks on the cliff edge at Brighouse Bay, the Kennick Burn by Laurieston, the Elephant Rock, the Japanese Garden at NTS Threave Estate, Scots Pines and the River Urr at Palnackie, Kenmure Castle at New Galloway and low hanging mist over Carlingwark Loch in Castle Douglas.
The evening book launch with Allan and Tom Pow will take place next Monday 8 May in the Workshop Gallery, 183 King Street in Castle Douglas. The event will officially open the ‘Galloway’ exhibition for public viewing until the end of the month, offering a great opportunity for local residents and visitors to see the newly published work.
Allan Wright, award winning photographer, said;
“Fleeting, multi- faceted and so often full of surprises, I have never tired of communing with the Galloway landscape, it’s amazing and it’s just there right outside the door. In fact I reckon you could devote an entire lifetime’s worth of rambling without exhausting its possibilities and I think most residents and happy visitors know this to be true”.
Tom Pow, award winning writer, said;
“Allan Wright has a genuine concern for the environment and portrays traces of its history, through mankind’s occupation and intervention such as the cold grandeur of Threave Castle, the abandoned ferm toun settlement of Polmaddy and the wandering stone dykes – evidence of worlds of violence, economic forces and arduous labour”.
‘Galloway’ launches at an opening exhibition in the Workshop Gallery, 183 King Street, Castle Douglas DG7 1DZ (telephone 01556 502478) on Monday 8 May, 6.30pm. Copies of the book, priced £20, are available on HERE
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