Monday, January 25, 2010

HeatherMortonArt buyer - Johan Hallberg-Campbell and Pikto

Wonderful post and absolutely astounding imagery. Follow the links!
HeatherMortonArt buyer:

"I decided to go to the Island to document the people living there. I was told that there had not been a birth in seven years, the Gaelic speaking Islands fishing tradition is fading away, and the people of old with it. The last corner shop closed in 2007, the pre-school also shut down that year. The primary school has two or three pupils and there is no High School. Over the years the population has dropped to 300. The young leave to seek work. To me this Island symbolizes a Scottish way of life that is disappearing, like many other places in the world! How it was a 100 years ago, ‘The Last of The Fishermen’."

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