Elliott Erwitt Edrington Cooperage, Adiewell, West Lothian. In order to be called Scotch whisky, the spirit must be matured in oak casks for a minimum of three years. This traditional cask is known as a hogshead (...)
and has a capacity of approximately 250 litres. Work on casks like this one, including the insertion of a cask end into the hogshead, is undertaken by master coopers at a cooperage. Scotland. 2011. © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos
Elliott Erwitt Open Tug O War Competition, Aberlour Highland Games, Aberlour, Moray. An ancient game with roots that criss-cross the globe, tug-of-war is one of the most popular Highland Games and is said to have (...)
arrived in Great Britain by way of India in the form of a game played by deckhands on visiting ships, for the purpose of staying fit and keeping burgeoning rivalries at bay. Scotland. 2011. © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos
Elliott Erwitt SCOTLAND. 2012. Grand Gallery, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. The Grand Gallery houses a statue of James Watt (1736-1819), a Scottish inventor and engineer whose innovations, including the (...)
modern steam engine, transformed industry and manufacturing. © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos
Elliott Erwitt SCOTLAND. 2012. Charity wedding of Bella Mary Twatt o' Quoydunt and Willick Langskaill o' Snortquoy, The Harray Hall, Harray, Orkney Islands. Left to right: bride Bella Mary Twatt o' Quoydunt (Jani (...)
ce Stanger), bridegroom Willick Langskaill o' Snortquoy (Jocky Wood) and bridesmaid Teenie Paplay (Viv Henderson). © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos
Elliott Erwitt Luigi Corvi, Val D'Oro, Glasgow's oldest chip shop, Glasgow. The proprietor Corvi an accomplished Tenor, better known as Gee Gee, shares his gift of song by belting out arias while he works. This o (...)
ld-fashioned chippy has been run by Corvi's family since 1938. Scotland. 2011. © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos
Elliott Erwitt SCOTLAND. 2012. Traditional white house, South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Traditional, single-storey thatched-roof white houses, coated with limewash and built with strong stone walls to keep out the wi (...)
nd, were constructed from the late 1800s, designed to separate humans from their livestock. The last white house to be built was reputedly constructed in Howbeg in the 1930s. © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos
Elliott Erwitt Mary Isbister, Burland Croft Trail, Trondra, Shetland Islands. Mary and Tommy Isbister have been on their land since 1976. They work hard to maintain native Shetland crops and breeds including poni (...)
es and geese, and to sustain the croft in an environmentally sound manner. Shetland ponies are known for their heavy coats and short legs, as well as their gentle intelligence and overall strength. Shetland geese are also small in stature and quite hardy; they excel at foraging and mate for life. Scotland. 2012. © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos
Elliott Erwitt Orbost Farm, Orbost Estate, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides. Farmer Keith Jackson with his herd of native-breed sheep — including Soay, Hebridean and cross Blackface ewes — being rounded up by his (...)
trusty Bearded Collie, Misty. Small, primitive Soay sheep are descended from a feral population on the island of Soay (Old Norse for sheep) in the archipelago of St. Kilda, about 65km from the Western Isles of Scotland. A Northern European short-tailed sheep, Soay are prized for their fine fleece and savoury meat. The short inner fleece of their wild, coarse-haired ancestors gives scientists some insight into just how far ancient farmers had advanced in the development of wool. Jackson farms these sheep to produce Soay mutton for sale locally. Less than 1,500 registered breeding Soay ewes remain. Scotland. 2012. © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos
Elliott Erwitt Còig Peighinnean, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. This well weathered part of Lewis is often battered by heavy storms and swells. Located between the Butt of Lewis, the most northerly point on the I (...)
sland, and Port of Ness – Coig Peighinnean is almost as far north as you can go in the Western Isles. Scotland. 2012 © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos