
December 21 – ‘A Sea Hairst’
The Sean Dooley East Neuk Documentary Photography Collection represents the interests of local Scottish photographer Sean Dooley, whose attention is focused on the transformations taking place in his community. The…
The Sean Dooley East Neuk Documentary Photography Collection represents the interests of local Scottish photographer Sean Dooley, whose attention is focused on the transformations taking place in his community. The…
Catching the Tide was a long-term project carried out by photographer Colin McPherson to document salmon net fishing in Scotland. McPherson began his work in 1995 and the project continued until 2007 during and after…
A photo-journalist, G Allan Little took pictures of many diverse Scottish and local (North Fife and Tayside) subjects. This image is of an Anstruther based shipbuilding business from c.1970 [ID: GAL-2-23]. More images…
This image of fisherwomen baiting lines at Fishergate, North Street, St Andrews was taken in 1846. The image is commonly attributed to D O Hill and Robert Adamson, two of the pioneers of early Scottish photography,…
John Oliphant drew a series of views of St Andrews and its notable buildings in 1767. One of his drawings was this view of the City of St Andrews taken from the North West coast. [ID: ms38800]
The Hamish Brown Mountaineering and Scottish Photography Collection contains many dramatic images of several of the world’s mountainous regions but also represents many Scottish places, buildings and oddities. This…
Sir Robert Lambert Playfair, with Albert C L G Gunther, published in 1866 “The Fishes of Zanzibar” with illustrations by G H Ford. The preface of this publication refers to Playfair’s studies of the ichthyology of the…
Guillaume Rondelet was a Professor of Medicine and Chancellor at the University of Montpellier in the 16th century. He published his Libri de piscibus marinis in 1554. While the title suggests it was a work dedicated…
The Challenger expedition of 1872-1876 travelled nearly 70,000 nautical mile around the globe and is considered a key milestone in the beginnings of modern oceanography. The expedition, led by John Murray and Charles…
A St Andrews calendar on the theme of oceans wouldn’t be complete without mention of the Gatty Marine Lab. The original timber building was built in 1892, with the more permanent building opening in 1896. Both…