The Giant's Beach, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

The Giant's Beach. This beach is right at the end of the road. I always wondered how these pebbles got onto that beach. Did they roll down the mountain? Did the sea wash them up on the shore? Did a giant play with them on the beach?

The photo is part of the visual geography project "Cracks and Holes" which portrays places and their stories on the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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Stornoway Castle

Stornoway Castle, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2025

In the visual geography project "Cracks and Holes" I map places and their stories on the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Stornoway Castle was built by Sir James Matheson who bought the entire Island of Lewis in the 19th century. Matheson was a drug dealer. He made his fortune trading opium to China. When China attempted to stop the opium trade, Matheson convinced the British government to start the opium war against China. He evicted dozens of villages on the Isle of Lewis to establish hunting estates for the British elites. Organized crime was part of the British establishment. Scotland and particularly the Outer Hebrides were treated as other colonies of the British empire.

Shot on Kodak Tri-X400 film.