Salmon netter, Kinnaber, Angus.
About this artwork
This striking photograph is full of movement and vitality – the stormy clouds, the salmon wrestling in the net and tide foaming at the shore. The central, anchoring figure is salmon netter Bob Ritchie. He is shown lifting a salmon through the pocket of a 'jumper' net at low tide on the sands 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 McPherson (born 1964) Scottish
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title:Salmon netter, Kinnaber, Angus.
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date created:2000
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:Image size: 13.70 x 36.90 cm; overall: 30.50 x 40.40 cm
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credit line:Purchased 2002
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accession number:PGP 291.4
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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...