Mark Johnstone has spent the last 14 years working in London, but has recently returned to Edinburgh for a change of scene, pace, and career.
Having abandoned his job as a Bond Street jewellery retailer, he is now living within sight of the Bellevue bedroom window which was his as a boy, and has reinvented himself as a photographer.
Capturing Broughton – 'a vibrant part of a wonderful city – was in some ways a process of necessary and intimate reintroduction to his home town.
The result is an exhibition of 36 pictures which will show at McDonald Road Library until 4 October. It reflects Johnstone's interest in details – the textures, colours and shapes of masonry, shadows and windows with stories to tell.
All a far cry from the less personally engaged, literal images he is often asked to produce as a commercial photographer. He likes to portray 'everyday subjects in an unfamiliar fashion'.[img_assist|nid=2168|title=|desc=|link=node|align=right|width=134|height=200]
His intention is to maintain a near constant, rolling display presence across Edinburgh. Other examples of his work are already on show in Stockbridge, and he has a further exhibition planned for the Fine Art Library on George IV Bridge in the New Year.
As a special introductory rate, the McDonald Road prints (12" x 8") are for sale at £10 each unframed.
You can find more examples of his work online at: Edinburgh Photographs.
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