{"id":727,"date":"2021-12-17T11:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T11:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/sssa\/?p=727"},"modified":"2021-12-21T13:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:06:30","slug":"jeremy-sutton-hibbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/sssa\/jeremy-sutton-hibbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a 70th Anniversary Acquisition!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, the School of Scottish Studies Archive and the Centre for Research Collections teamed up with renowned Scottish photographer, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, to add a landmark collection of photos to the School\u2019s documentary collections. Sutton-Hibbert<\/a> has worked as a freelance photographer and photojournalist for over 30 years and in 2012 co-founded Document Scotland<\/a> \u2013 a collective of Scottish documentary photographers.<\/p>\n

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Photo 1 Tam Gay repairs torn nets aboard the Mairead, North Sea, February 1993 SSSA\/JSH1\/20<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Sutton-Hibbert\u2019s documentary work focusing on Scotland filled a natural gap in the Archive\u2019s extensive photographic holdings, and the team worked with him to identify three series of photographs which would best suit the collection. Selections were made from his North Sea Fishing (1992-1995)<\/em>, the recently demolished<\/a> Longannet Colliery (2001)<\/em>, and Paddy\u2019s Market (2000)<\/em> which echoed with coastal working life, Scottish industrial cultures, and urban living which can be found throughout the School\u2019s archive.<\/p>\n

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Photo 2 Miners getting on the trolley train to the underground of Longannet Colliery, Fife, April 2001 SSSA\/JSH3\/3<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The SSSA70 acquisition includes over 50 beautifully hand-made prints by Sutton-Hibbert and digital files of each of these images which can be viewed on our digital image database<\/strong><\/a>. Our teams have been busy behind the scenes to catalogue this collection and make the digital images available in our anniversary year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have immensely enjoyed listing the 50 photographic prints acquired from Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert,\u201d say Elliot Holmes, Archives & Library Assistant, School of Scottish Studies, \u201cThe collection has been listed in original order to three series, which includes the life aboard seine-netter boats within the North Sea Fishing prints, the historic Paddy’s Market in Glasgow, and depictions of the life of people working underground at Longannet Colliery. Each itemed photograph depicts such a dynamic portrayal of the social and working lives of Scottish people that you can clearly see and feel the emotion of each photographic subject through the prints. Being from a mining town in south Wales, I particularly enjoyed listing the images of Longannet Colliery as that is a history and way of life that I grew up with and will always feel a grand connection to. Each individual print is\u00a0a valuable addition to our collection as they are such a clear portrayal of the dynamics of Scottish working life and people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In May of this year, Jeremy sat down with our Head of Special Collections, Daryl Green, to talk about his work and this new collection. As part of this acquisition, we\u2019re very pleased to make this conversation available to all, too:<\/p>\n

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