by Colin Usher | Mar 3, 2022
The Name-Drop Diaries #03 This is a big one in the Name-Drop Diaries series. It focusses on T in the Park, the music festival from Scotland that ran from 1994 to 2016. Originally, I attended the festival in my capacity as a photographer until 2001 when I began working...
by Colin Usher | Feb 24, 2022
The Name-Drop Diaries #02 In December 1990, The List magazine called me and asked me to go to The City Arts Centre in Edinburgh to photograph the launch of a new exhibition, Diary of a Decade, by Joni Mitchell. ‘Get a decent shot of Ms Mitchell that we can use...
by Colin Usher | Feb 6, 2022
The Name-Drop Diaries #01 I am writing about this wee episode in my life as it popped into my head while renting the Spike Lee Joint of David Byrne’s American Utopia. Back in 1999, to celebrate Glasgow’s year as European City of Architecture and Design, my...
by Colin Usher | Jun 22, 2021
‘Just went live with a new website for Scottish poet and non-fiction writer Kathleen Jamie. Working with her own handwriting to create slideshows and share excerpts from her work, I’ve really enjoyed getting to know her style. The depth of her work is...
by Colin Usher | Apr 1, 2021
I have had the pleasure of working with the team at Museums and Heritage Highland on a new website to promote museums in the highlands of Scotland. HIGHLAND THREADS went live today and features pieces from 14 museums. I was tasked with both creating the website and...
by Colin Usher | Feb 12, 2021
I’ve spent a few months working with the artist Brigid Collins on her new site. This has been a very welcome activity in these strange pandemic affected times. Her work is not just stunning… I find her work greatly inspiring and thought provoking. This has...
