Inspirational
What a privilege it is to be a photographer, to be able to travel the world, or your own country (Scotland) or even city (Glasgow) and to meet and photograph the people who contribute to the cultural fabric of our nation and times. To be able to go inside places, offices, studios which aren't generally open to the public. To spend time talking and hearing of how ideas are generated and and formed, to swop stories, to share experiences. It's all incredibly inspirational, and a privilege.
Jim Lambie, (born Glasgow 1964), in Glasgow, Scotland, on 13 December 2023. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2023, all rights reserved.
Douglas Gordon, (born Glasgow, 1966), artist working with film and sculpture, photographed in his studio in Berlin, Germany, on 20 November 2023. Douglas Gordon is a Scottish artist. He won the Turner Prize in 1996, the Premio 2000 at the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997 and the Hugo Boss Prize in 1998. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2023, all rights reserved.
Last year was such a time, as I criss-crossed Scotland, and a quick jaunt over to Berlin, photographing with the Artists of Scotland. Over the course of a year, Nov 2022 until now, I've photographed 120 of the pre-eminent artists of our times. 120 portraits, 120 glimpses into studios, 120 great conversations, many new friends, many new contacts, many new ideas.
It's been great to meet all the inspirational artists, but a few in particular right towards the end of last year were high points in the project. Out to Berlin to photograph with Turner Prize winner Douglas Gordon, and here in the Southside of Glasgow with the prolific and hard working Jim Lambie, were but two of the many inspiring meetings, coming away enthused about their work, about making work, about being more creative. As the old maxim goes, surround yourself with those who lift you up and inspire.
Anne-Marie Copestake, artist, working with moving image, sound, sculpture, print and performance, photographed in her studio, in Glasgow, Scotland, on 20 December 2023. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2023, all rights reserved.
To see inside the studios and thus a glimpse into their mindsets, to see works half done, ideas still being worked through. To see how the works are made and who is helping, how the studios are set up. Some are set up for creativity, some are set up for business, some are big, some are small, some neat, some tidy.
Here's three of the portraits from the series Artists of Scotland, which now encompasses 120 portraits, and will continue to grow slightly. The inspirational project is available for exhibition, and publication, just get in touch!
See the full set of Artists of Scotland portraits portfolio.
Artists of Scotland, 2022-2023
All Artists photographed and featured in the portfolio:
Ade Adesina • Sam Ainsley • Laura Aldridge • Saorise Amira Anis • Claire Barclay • Louise Barrington • John Beagles & Graham Ramsay • Rosemary Beaton • Reinhard Behrens • Christine Borland • Martin Boyce • Philip Braham • James Connor Brown • David Iain Brown • Roddy Buchanan • Robbie Bushe • Mark Campbell • Joyce Cairns • June Carey • Nathan Coley • Frank Convery • Rowena Comrie • Anne-Marie Copestake • Andrew Cranston • Victoria Crowe • Ken Currie • Christian Noelle Charles • Jacqueline Donachie • Raydale Dower • Kate Downie • Laura Drever • Rachel Duckhouse • Jack Dunnett • Graham Fagen • Joe Fan • John Ferry • Gareth Fisher • Helen Flockhart • Ronnie Forbes • Paul Furneaux • Douglas Gordon • Alexander Guy • Ilana Halperin • Lys Hansen • Ellie Harrison • Moray Hillary • Louise Hopkins • Lynn Howarth • Peter Howson • Margaret Hunter • Callum Innes • Elspeth Lamb • Jim Lambie • Simon Laurie • Rosalind Lawless • Vanessa Lawrence • Marina Leven • Le Liu • Gordy Livingstone • Tessa Lynch • Neil Macdonald • Rowen Mace • David Mach • Sekai Machache • John Mackechnie • Rachel Maclean • Will Maclean • Pinkie Maclure • Jenny Mason • James McDonald • Alice McMurrough • Sandra Moffat • Sandy Moffat • Yasmin Moore-Milne • Stuart Murphy • Scott Myles • Heather Nevay • Glen Onwin • Hardeep Pandhal • Jacki Parry • Toby Paterson • Claire Paterson • David Paton • Jim Pattison • Craig Peacock • Mick Peter • Ciara Phillips • Susan Philipsz • Anne-Marie Pinkerton • Gareth Reid • Lorna Robertson • Kate V. Robertson • Rowan Rosie • Amanda Seibæk • Anthony Schrag • Beth Shapeero • Graeme Sharp • Julie-Ann Simpson • Ross Sinclair • Bronwen Sleigh • Stephanie Smith & Eddie Stewart • Margaret L. Smyth • Karl Stern • Karen Strang • Eddie Summerton • Norman Sutton-Hibbert • Corin Sworn • Iman Tajik • Fraser Taylor • Johnny Taylor • James Tweedie • Javier Ventura • Richard Walker • Alasdair Wallace • Ally Wallace • Allan Watson • Alison Watt • Graeme Wilcox • Helen Wilson • Adrian Wiszniewski • Gregor Wright
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
All images and text Copyright ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2023.