Glenelg launch for stunning photo book
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A BOOK of photographs, five years in the making, will be unveiled at its "world premiere" tomorrow (Friday) in the Wester Ross village of Glenelg.
Photographer Max Milligan, who hails from Inverness, has taken pictures from Shetland to the Borders to feature in The Soul of Scotland.
Max will also give a lecture about the book at the free event in Glenelg And Arnisdale Village Hall.
Max, an international art photographer, chose Glenelg for the launch because it is a part of the world close to his heart.
He explained: "I spent quite a while there over the years, including many months in the cottage at Sandaig where Gavin Maxwell wrote Ring of Bright Water, with no electricity or running water. I cooked on an open fire and washed in the burn - a childhood dream come true as I explain in one of the essays in the book. The locals in Glenelg, who gather in The Glenelg Inn, are a wonderful group of people."
Max has had three books already published with another planned to follow his Scottish photographs.
His first book, Circles of Stone, was published in 1999, followed by
Realm of the Incas which went on to be listed in The Times Top Ten Travel Books of the Year.
Since then, Max has produced Ghana: A Portrait with a foreword by former secretary general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, plus a book featuring Lebanon.
A photo book focusing on London will follow The Soul of Scotland.
The Glenelg event starts at 7.30pm.
