Exhibition Photographs

‘Childhood Friends, Still Standing’ Sheila and Isa, childhood neighbours who lived through the Clydebank Blitz together, reunited in their 90’s in front of the Victorian crane ‘The Clydebank Titan’.

‘Talking about Freedom’, with Scunthorpe Central Library and 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Lincolnshire.

‘Talking about Freedom’, with Scunthorpe Central Library and 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Lincolnshire.

Image by Anoosh Ariamehr with The Bluecoat, Liverpool.

‘Simon and Birds, Girvan Harbour’ Author Simon Lamb, who worked with the children of Sacred Heart Primary to write ‘Oor Freedom Song’.

‘Ritchie and Lorna, Giving the Past a Future’ Founders of Girvan and District Great War Project, Ritchie and Lorna Conaghan research the lost stories of soldiers and commemorate them.

‘PAX’, Photograph by Anneleen Lindsay. Debbie, founding member of Mothers Against Genocide, photographed in the ‘Our Freedom’ immersive exhibition at Motherwell Library.

I led two sunprinting drop-in sessions at Bredbury Library in Stockport in October 2025.

Our Freedom: Then and Now explored personal and collective experiences of freedom from the past to the present.

Image by Anoosh Ariamehr with The Bluecoat, Liverpool.

Image by Anoosh Ariamehr with The Bluecoat, Liverpool.

Image by Anoosh Ariamehr with The Bluecoat, Liverpool.

Families and children were invited to bring an object, drawing, or photo that feels connected to the idea of freedom; something from home, a favourite toy, a family keepsake, or even just a symbol of something they dream about. The purpose of the images are to show that freedom can live in our everyday lives … Continued

‘Then, Now and Future’ Debbie, founding member of Mothers Against Genocide, photographed in the ‘Our Freedom’ immersive exhibition at Motherwell Library.

‘Free Free’ Debbie, founding member of Mothers Against Genocide, photographed in the ‘Our Freedom’ immersive exhibition at Motherwell Library.

Iona, age 90, lives in Fionhphort, Mull. She discusses her family’s experiences on the island in ‘Memories of an Island at War’, a film by Alasdair Satchell, which tells the story of the people of the isles of Mull, Iona, Ulva and Gometra during the Second World War.

Hannah, age 13, is a young creative person from Salen, Mull who took part in the filming of ‘Memories of an Island at War’, a film by Alasdair Satchell, which tells the story of the people of the isles of Mull, Iona, Ulva and Gometra during the Second World War.

Coll, age 15, a member of Mull Youth Theatre. Coll arranged and performed music for ‘Memories of an Island at War’, a film by Alasdair Satchell, which tells the story of the people of the isles of Mull, Iona, Ulva and Gometra during the Second World War. Behind Coll is the iconic Tobermory Main Street.

Anne plays on the fiddle of her grandfather Private Johnny Simpson, a prisoner of war in Germany, Stalag IX-C. She performs ‘Private Johnny Simpson’ that she wrote in tribute to her grandfather’s bravery on the same fiddle which he had in the camp along with his Gaelic bible. Their remarkable family history is recorded in … Continued

‘Freedom to serve’, cyanotype, exposed with words contributed by the community of Maesteg.

‘Freedom is having a voice’, cyanotype, exposed with words contributed by the community of Maesteg

Freedom is life itself’, cyanotype, exposed with text contributed by the community of Maesteg.

Room of Reflection. A candle-lit mirrored room where visitors listened to the poem, ‘Freedom Road’ by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage at an Immersive Exhibition held in Maesteg Town Hall.

Cromarty Cinema, supported by Eden Court, is a volunteer community cinema located in the Black Isle, Scottish Highlands. Sitters: Gražina (Cromarty Cinema Manager), with Volunteers Fraser, Anna, Vern, and Jane.

Image by Alicia Bruce with Cromarty Cinema and Eden Court, Inverness.

Projectionist Jamie with 35mm projector ahead of ‘Marathon Man’ screening for Eden Court’s ‘Cinema Against Fascism’ season. A timely screening the night before Inverness Marathon.

‘Talking about Freedom’, with Scunthorpe Central Library and 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Lincolnshire.

‘Talking about Freedom’, with Scunthorpe Central Library and 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Lincolnshire.

‘Fascism can never win’, cyanotype, exposed with text contributed by the community of Maesteg.

Writer in residence, Anne Fraser, working with collections at Stornoway Library.

Writer in residence, Anne Fraser, working with collections at Stornoway Library.

An independent weaver born and raised in Harris, she designs and makes fabric in her loom shed. Harris Tweed, or Clo Mor (The Big Cloth) is the only fabric in the world governed by its own Act of Parliament.

Rebecca (Taobh Tweeds) in her loom shed on a winter Saturday night.

Newly appointed Artist in Residence for Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar/Western Isles Libraries ‘Our Freedom’ project. Moira contemplates incorporating vintage hankies to create a bunting installation and starts hanging them in her Stornoway garden as bagpipes begin playing in the distance for Remembrance Sunday. Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar/Western Isles Libraries facilitated a community project that honours … Continued

‘Talking about Freedom’, with Scunthorpe Central Library and 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Lincolnshire.