Speaking to strangers
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Plus ten tips about how to do it.
Latest Posts
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Yookay City of Culture
By Neil Scott •Photo essay from a day in Bradford
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The National in the Local
By Neil Scott •Photographs from a long weekend in Budapest
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Hanging On
By Neil Scott •Remaining present during the Tarzan Challenge
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Photo ... therapy?
By Neil Scott •Mindfulness, Jo Spence, and the use of photography help solve mental health issues.
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The Flâneur
By Neil Scott •The realities of being a man-about-town
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Playing Detective with Sophie Calle
By Neil Scott •An attempt at a definitive timeline of the elusive artist
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Is Greenock Rough?
By Neil Scott •Ten question-photos after visiting The Wyllieum
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The Biographical Fallacy
By Neil Scott •An anti-Oxfordian approach to Peter Hujar’s Day. Plus The Week in Photos.
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The Origin Story
By Neil Scott •Instagram as supervillain and the reboot of The WIP
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The Best Books I Read in 2025
By Neil Scott •Reading in a post-literate society
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The Ten Best Films I Saw in 2025
By Neil Scott •Some old, some new, some borrowed from a dodgy stream, but no blue movies.
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Cultural Highlights of 2025
By Neil Scott •The most memorable exhibitions and events I saw in the past year
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What I Listened to in 2025
By Neil Scott •The year in music and other audio
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Missed Connections, Shot from the Hip
By Neil Scott •Or, Huis Clos in Ayrshire
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The Vampire Cheerleader
By Neil Scott •On the compulsion to take a photograph of every writer I encounter
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Is Photography the Secret to Longevity?
By Neil Scott •Why so many photographers reach their nineties (and beyond).
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Photographing Drug Addiction
By Neil Scott •Understanding drug addiction through the photography of Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, and Aidan Mark Wilson
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Glasgow Rises Unity Rally
By Neil Scott •A photo essay from the confrontation at Buchanan Steps
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In the Shadow of the Volcano
By Neil Scott •Photo essay from a week in Naples
