THE LAIRD OF FCKNG NOWHERE
Series Description:
laird /lɛːd/ noun (in Scotland) a person who owns a large estate.
Scotland is experiencing a property crisis, the cost of living is so high and wages so low that few millennials or gen z’ers have any hope of ever finding a permanent home. In the highlands of Scotland (where I come from) the dream of being able to move home is so remote with even derelict buildings often being out of reach financially. In the central belt, where most of the population reside the social housing schemes that were built in the 1960 and 70’s are falling into dis-repair whilst rents remain high, often controlled by unscrupulous corporate landlords. This photo series aims to illustrate this social dystopia by exploring the fringes of place and our sense of belonging. The humans in these pictures may not be instantly recognisable but their stories are hidden in plain sight.
Road Man Caravan - Black Mount - Glen Coe
The Anderston Flats - Lumochrome Purple
Hannibal - The Valais Blacknose - Burra Shetland
Crumpled Caravan - Plocaig, Clearance Village - Ardnamurchan
Joy to the core of Maryhill
Erskine Bridge Hotel - Erskine - Derelict
Dumped Caravan - Govan / Ibrox
Lower Largo Fife
The Irises - Glenrothes
Terry is a Peanut, Terry is a Chicken - Glenrothes
Little Robert
Pleasureland - Arbroath
Dalsetter - Yell - Shetland
Lucky Break - Clydebank
Galboly - Antrim Coast - Èire
The Wyndford - Demolition In Progress - Maryhill
Dead Badger - Reelig Glen - Moniak
The Silver Chair - QMU Glasgow University
Lochee - Dundee
Shagging Caravan - Oppinan - Wester Ross
Rob IG Nedd - Oldshoremore - Sutherland
Inspirational Trolley Photography- Sand - Shetland
Jackie - Tpot Studios - Dunning - Perthshire
A Rolls Royce Spot Welded to a Quarter Shipping Container - Carse Industrial Estate - Inverness
Abandoned Village Hall / School - Bågh Ceann na Muice - Scalpaigh
Drumchapel
The Square - Asbestos Problem - Glenrothes
Tannahill Road - Paisley
Fck Derek - Braefoot Bay - Fife
Glen Avon High Flats
East Kilbride Civic Centre
Stripped out Wyndford Flats - Due for Demolition - Maryhill
The Wynford - Maryhill - Glasgow
Usave Convenience Store - Tannahill Road - Paisley - unoccupied but up for lease
Asda Grass - Rothesay House, derelict before demolition 2024 - Glenrothes
Rose the Boat - Cuidhtinis - Harris
Free Running on the Dolan Aqua Centre - East Kilbride
Inland Revenue - Rightfully Vandalised, All Copper Wire Stolen - Cumbernauld
University of Western Scotland - Hamilton - Pre Demolition
The Anderston Centre - Brutalist Mega Structure - Glasgow
Mid Yell Post Office (abandoned)
Dumbreck Ct
Kingsway Flats
Flowers in Frosted Window - Burra - Shetland
Oxford Street - Glasgow - Before India Building Collapse
DryGate
Kingsway Flats
Bluevale Low Rise (demolished)
Shit Stained, Burnt Out Couch - Haghill - Glasgow
Micro-caravan Maryhill
Glenrothes
Brutalist Sculpture East Kilbride
Clydebank Waterfront Parish Church
The bendy shed South Laggan
St David's Knightswood Parish
Bluevale flats (demolished)
Destroyed Croft House - Yell - Shetland
Regenerations - Scotstoun
Abandoned Highland Council Van - Middle Coast - Wester Ross
China Town - Cowcaddens - Glasgow
Vending Machine - Cumbernauld
That Boat at Corpach
Crashed Corsa - Dalmarnock
Scrap Yard - Yell
Abandoned house with hole in it - Oakley, Fife
The Anderston Centre
Hi Spec Sports Camper - Linthouse - Glasgow
Lincoln Avenue High Flats
Wind House of Yell
Concrete Factory Whiteinch
Glenwood Shopping Centre - Glenrothes
Show Ride - Yell
It's The Toilet That Makes It - Glasgow University
Aberdeen
Public Safety Announcement - Yell - Shetland
Scout Shack Bus - Harris
The Lang Stracht Hotel - Aberdeen
Beehive Shieling - Sron Smearasmal - Harris (5000-8000 years old)
John's Bar - Calton - Glasgow
Clean Me
Glenwood Shopping Centre - Glenrothes - Demolished 2024
Cinema de luxe - Lochgelly - Fife (now a contractors workshop)
Talbot AutoCreeper - Lerwick - Shetland
Blackmount Bert
Ghost Washing - Sanna Bay - Ardnamurchan
Kingdom Shopping Centre - Glenrothes
Dollan Aqua Centre - East Kilbride
Dead Shag - Unst - Shetland
Derelict croft house Interior - Galbolly, Northern Ireland
Northern Lights - Burra - Shetland
A FUCKING TRAVELODGE
The Bomb Targets of Luce Bay - Dumfries and Galloway
Car Dealership - Dalmarnock
Scrap - Maryhill
Equation Grafitti - Maryhill
Nitrous Oxide Canisters on Street Mattress - Tradeston
Rolled Range Rover - Tradeston
Stock Car - Whiteinch
Village Hall Interior - Dalsetter - Yell
V&A Dundee
Abused Vauxhall Corsa - Dundee
Decapitated Gannet - Lerwick
Breakwater - St. Monans, Fife
Coatbridge
Kirkton High Flats - Knightswood - Glasgow
Partially Demolished Office Block - Bath Street - Glasgow
Another FUCKING TRAVELODGE - Corner of York Street and Argyle Street - Glasgow
The Last of The Bluevale Scheme - Camlachie - Glasgow
No More Tipping Here Please - Avoch
There Is a Naked Man Enjoying This Rainbow From His Balcony - Kingsway Flats - Glasgow
Post Office - Mid Yell (abandoned)
Telepathic Kelpie - Falkirk
The Thistle Car Park - Kirkcaldy
No Signal - Cyldebank
USS Enterprise - Dalmarnock
Abandoned Yacht - South Street - Glasgow
Croftplosion - Tiree
Albion - Carwash - Ice Cream Van - South Street - Glasgow
Byzantine Advertising Hoarding
Make Shift Bed - Renfrew Ferry - Yoker - Glasgow
Phone Box held together with FRAGILE tape - Maryhill - Glasgow
Grand Ole Opry - Paisley Road West - Glasgow
Derelict Croft House - Cannich
The Torment of Mrs Chisholm - Cannich
Mullardoch - The Man In This House Hides Every Time He Sees Me Coming.
Rhuvoult - Sutherland
Mystic Red Pony - Jesus in Nose - Tiree
In Bloom - Clune Park - Scotland's Chernobyl
Balta Light Public Bar - Unst
Self Explanatory - Glenrothes - Fife
Bluevale Demolition - Glasgow
The Window Of The House My Father Grew Up In, Derelict Since He Left In The 1960's - Glen Nevis
Asbestos Hotel - Glenrothes - Fife
Interior of Derelict Barracks - Northern Ireland
An Airigh - Stornoway
Microwave Mast - Powered By LPG - Druim Glas - Strontian
Virginia Court & Halliburton Fuel Silo's - Aberdeen
Union Point - Aberdeen
Anderson High School - Do Weel & Persevere
One Of The Few Remaining Tenements -Dalmarnock
Land Rover Defender - Held Together With Ratchet Strap - Durness
PERX - Bluevale - Glasgow
A £200,000 Lambourghini Outside The Snooker Club - St Georges Cross - Glasgow
Dead Leaves on Discarded Inflatable Boat - Mugdock
Big Willy - The Barras
Big Willy- Port Charlotte - Islay
Smiley Face - Pissed in Snow