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Allan Wright Scottish Photographer

Allan WrightBorn in Dunoon, Argyll in 1951 then lived in Glasgow until 1956, then moved to the Midlands & Yorkshire before returning to Jordanhill, Glasgow from 1964 til 1970. Studied Geology and Geography at St Andrews University gaining a BSc inl 1974. For the next ten years worked in the Oil industry as a “Mud Engineer” first in the US, then the North Sea followed by Libya, Vietnam, Bangladesh then Norway

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Allan Wright - Extended Biography

I have been photographing Scotland, and a few other places in between, for 24 years or so and I cannot imagine doing any other kind of job for a living. I started out just recording scenes on a Nikkormat camera whilst travelling abroad in the early 80’s, very quickly I got hooked just from having a few mesmerising moments when I realised the difference between snapping and making a picture, it was a profound personal experience for me – I knew something was up.

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Arran Book Cover

Allan Wright has produced 10 books covering various regions of Scotland between 1999 and the present.

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