Behind The Lens: The legacy of a Highland news photographer

March 2019: Demolition of the fire-ravaged Eastgate Hostel in Inverness begins following a long-running campaign by the Inverness Courier.

In the early hours of April 3 2013, 54 people had been forced to flee the building as a fierce blaze took hold.

Fortunately, no one was injured. but it heralded the start of a long-running saga as the badly damaged building remained a blot on the cityscape in the years which followed.

As work finally began on taking down the building six years after the blaze, the scene was captured by Highland News & Media photographer Gary Anthony, who often captured the changing face of Inverness.

Behind The Lens: The Legacy of a Highland news photographer - tribute to Gary Anthony

It forms part of an online retrospective series, Behind The Lens: The Legacy of a Highland Photographer, being run by the Inverness Courier in tribute to Gary who died in August 2023, aged 58.

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