The Hebridean Trace is a collection of impressionist landscape photographs captured during a solo journey through Scotland's Isle of Skye and Outer Hebrides. Traveling on a scooter from Spain, I spent a winter immersed in one the most dramatic and emotionally powerful places I've experienced. 

 The Hebrides are an archipelago off the western coast of Scotland, sculpted by relentless wind and tide into jagged cliffs, arches of black and white sand, and ever-shifting weather. Yet between the tempests lie moments of profound serenity, as if the land itself were reminding us that every now and then we must stop to enjoy the stillness of the present.

Traveling slowly on two wheels, the contrasts in terrain and weather hone both body and eye before the camera is lifted. My images emerge from this measured act of feeling and looking. They are like a diffuse impression of sensations awaken by the landscapes, the imperfect memory lingering after the moment has already faded. 

Using longer exposures and the intuitive movement of the camera, I let wind and tide and shifting light write themselves onto the sensor. My gesture becomes the brushstroke on a canvas. Sometimes chance also adds its unexpected touch – a shape, a texture, a shadow– that evokes magic worlds and ancient tales. 

On a cold winter's day, I sat on a dune of the Isle of Harris, my gaze lost in the sea, the sun gently warming my face, and I realised that both the journey and the images I was capturing were leaving a trace. A trace that reminded me that only when we slow down and look around with intention and curiosity, we can discover new worlds within the spaces we inhabit every day.