Salmon netters heading home, Kinnaber, Angus
About this artwork
This dramatic image shows salmon netters Bob Ritchie (left) and Jim Mitchell heading home along the sands after fishing 'jumper' nets at low tide at Kinnaber, Angus. It was taken as part of a ten-year long project by McPherson to document the decline of the Scottish salmon netting industry. Bob Ritchie became a central figure in the series. As a third generation netsman, Ritchie was the last of a generation to practise this craft. By 2007, only a handful of men still caught wild salmon and sea trout using traditional methods such as this.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Colin McPhersonScottish (born 1964)
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title:Salmon netters heading home, Kinnaber, Angus
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date created:2000
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materials:Silver gelatine print
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measurements:9.70 x 25.40 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 2002
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accession number:PGP 291.1
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Colin McPherson
Colin McPherson
Colin McPherson was born in Edinburgh and began working professionally as a photographer in the late-1980s. His work specialises in documenting human intervention in social and natural environments as well as reportage on important ongoing political themes. His work is published internationally and...