Document Scotland is a photography collective founded in 2012 by

Sophie Gerrard Sophie Gerrard (born 1978) is a Scottish documentary photographer whose work focuses on environmental and social themes. She is a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University, a member of the board of trustees for Impressions Gallery in Bradford, an ...

, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert,

Stephen McLaren Stephen McLaren is a Scottish photographer, writer, and curator, based in Los Angeles. He has edited various photography books published by Thames & Hudson—including ''Street Photography Now'' (2010)—and produced his own, ''The Crash'' (2018). ...

and Colin McPherson. It makes documentary photography about

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

, which it has exhibited at numerous venues in Scotland and beyond, including the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Impressions Gallery, the Martin Parr Foundation and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Document Scotland has also produced a number of publications and also stages live events and community-focused projects.

Members

(established the collective in 2012) *Colin McPherson (established the collective in 2012) *

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(joined 2023) *

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(joined 2023) *Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert (established the collective in 2012, left 2023) *

(established the collective in 2012, left 2019) *Sarah Amy Fishlock (joined 2016, left 2017)

Publications

*''DOC001.'' 2013. Newspaper format. With the photo-essays "Dunes" by Sophie Gerrard, "Snaw" by Stephen McLaren, "Catching The Tide" by Colin McPherson, and "Life in The 3rd" by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert; and an essay by Allan Brown. *''DOC002: Seeing Ourselves.'' 2013. Newspaper format. Work by 10 photographers, as well as an editorial essay. Published to coincide with an exhibition at Fotospace gallery in Fife. *''DOC003.'' 2013. Digital magazine for iPad. With four photo-essays, single images and a written essay. *''DOC004: Document Scotland in Beijing.'' *''DOC005: Common Ground.'' 2014. Book. With two photo-essays each from Sophie Gerrard, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, Stephen McLaren and Colin McPherson; work by photography collective A Fine Beginning; and essays by Malcolm Dickson and Anne McNeill. *''DOC006: The Ties That Bind.'' 2015. Digital magazine. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the

Scottish National Portrait Gallery National Galleries Scotland: Portrait is an art museum on Queen Street, Edinburgh. Portrait holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. It also holds the Scottish National Photography Collec ...

, Edinburgh. *''Document Scotland.'' Southport:

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, 2015. A zine each by Gerrard (''Tunnock's''), Sutton-Hibbert (''North Sea Fishing''), McLaren (''Dookits'') and McPherson (''Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw''), in a case. Edition of 50 copies.

Exhibitions

*''Seeing Ourselves,'' Fotospace Gallery, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland, 3 June – 31 July 2013. Work by the founding members of Document Scotland as well as Martin Hunter, Robert Ormerod, Jenny Wicks, Radek Nowacki, Giulietta Verdon-Roe, and Sarah Amy Fishlock. *''Document Scotland, Beyond the Border: New Contemporary Photography from Scotland,''

Impressions Gallery Impressions Gallery is an independent contemporary photography gallery in Bradford, England. It was established in 1972 and located in York until moving to Bradford in 2007. Impressions Gallery also runs a photography bookshop, publishes its own ...

, Bradford, UK, 1 July – 27 September 2014; Granary Gallery, Berwick Visual Arts, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK, 11 February – 14 May 2017. Curated by Anne McNeill. *''Document Scotland: The Ties that Bind,''

, Edinburgh, Scotland, 26 September 2015 – 24 April 2016. ''A Sweet Forgetting'' by Stephen McLaren, ''Unsullied and Untarnished'' by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, ''When Saturday Comes'' by Colin McPherson, and ''Drawn to the Land'' by Sophie Gerrard.

References

External links

*{{Official website, www.documentscotland.com
Video about Colin McPherson's "When Saturday Comes" exhibition
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