As part of the process of writing my Research Project Proposal I have reflected on my photographic journey starting as a police photographer working with film and then many years later rekindling my interest with a digital camera with the natural world as my subject. My project, The Road to Elgol is about my journey along this remote single-track road on the Isle of Skye but also about understanding myself, the impact of my early photographic work and conveying my experiences through my image making for this project.

Part of this journey is about maintaining authenticity in my work. It has been suggested that I present my images in colour or return to making my black and white images through film or a “Black and White Leica camera”. This to me would take away the whole purpose of my journey. I do not see the Road to Elgol in colour and I found my early colour images were a barrier to my expression and experience. Colour was detracting from the essential reflection of my experience.

I do not want to revert to film. Indeed, it was the advent of digital technology that overcame my associations with the camera and images of my early career. It is with my digital camera that I feel I am able to recount my experience of the Road to Elgol without artifice and with an authentic voice. Below is some of my recent work on The Road to Elgol.

Alison Price

Alison Price

My name is Alison Price and for the past ten years I have travelled the world photographing wildlife, including Alaska, Antarctica, Borneo, Botswana, the Canadian Arctic, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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