About the Book
Home Dachaigh Domus is based on the 23rd Psalm. The psalm's stanzas being reproduced in English, Gaelic and Latin, the artwork title is "home" in these three languages. This use of language reflects the history of published Bibles within Scotland; initially Latin then English/Orcadian and finally Gaelic.
The 23rd Psalm has a long history within Scotland, first appearing in the The Scottish Psalter of 1635. It was taken up by generations of Scottish soldiers; expressing their wish to return safely home to Scotland. It is part of the myth surrounding Scottish Soldiers.
The images are presented as six diptychs, meditations on Hugh Hamilton’s contemporary life as part of the Scottish diaspora and his own wish to return home; Home, Memory, Family, End, Forgive and Retrace.
The 23rd Psalm has a long history within Scotland, first appearing in the The Scottish Psalter of 1635. It was taken up by generations of Scottish soldiers; expressing their wish to return safely home to Scotland. It is part of the myth surrounding Scottish Soldiers.
The images are presented as six diptychs, meditations on Hugh Hamilton’s contemporary life as part of the Scottish diaspora and his own wish to return home; Home, Memory, Family, End, Forgive and Retrace.
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
- Additional Categories Fine Art Photography, United Kingdom (U.K.)
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Project Option: 6×9 in, 15×23 cm
# of Pages: 38 -
Isbn
- Softcover: 9781715311308
- Publish Date: Aug 08, 2020
- Language English
- Keywords Psalm, Scotland, Photography
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About the Creator
Hugh Hamilton
Highlands, Scotland
Hugh / Uisdean Mòr works from his beach house on the Moray coast in North East Scotland, Hugh Hamilton is photographer educated at the Universities of Westminster and Central England. He has an extensive track record as a photographer, artist and arts educator; his last academic post being Head of Visual Communication at Nottingham Trent University. Born in Glasgow and brought up in Edinburgh his artwork reflects and engages on history and its truths; “the poet (or prophet) in exile sings his people to homecoming.” Brueggemann, W. (1986) , Hopeful Imagination: Prophetic Voices in Exile ORCID iD is 0000-0002-0446-8693