Anxious Journeys is a series of travel or journey based photography projects influenced by the Metaphysical art of the Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978).
These pictures were taken on a trip to Eilean Arainn – the Isle of Arran – in 2018.
Eilean Arainn
Eilean Arainn – Isle of Arran – is an island off the west coast of Scotland and, according to Wikipedia, Arran is ”the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh largest Scottish island”.
Alongside the metaphysical influences that had begun to shape my photography, I also like to introduce mini-themes that are influenced by local art, literature or history. In this case, as well as recording my journey around the island, I also worked on a series of images that I called ‘Microcosm’ – pictures taken of rocks on the seashore that could be miniature images of other islands. This was loosely based on the description of Arran as… “Scotland in Miniature”,
View the Eilean Arainn Series…
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All images © W N BISHOP