'The Land and the Sea' is a free exhibition at Out of the Blue, featuring black-and-white photographs by Alastair Cook. His subject is the coast, particularly the north coast of Scotland and the stretch between Edinburgh and Holy Island.
Cook grew up in SW Scotland, but has lived since in Glasgow, where he trained as an architect at Glasgow School of Art, London and Amsterdam. He is now back in Scotland, pursuing interests in photography, architecture and art whilst studying for an MA in Architectural Conservation at Edinburgh College of Art.
'My work centres on the immediate,' Cook is quoted in a Creative Boom posting. 'I try to reflect what I see, what I feel, through this lens. I try to avoid image manipulation, letting the film or 35mm negative be raw and honest. This often makes for dark and derelict imagery, but often tinged with positivity, with a move forward.'