A photographer’s trip to the rainforest, part 1
John MacPherson is one of Scotland’s most respected wildlife and landscape photographers. Last spring, we asked him to take a trip into Scotland’s rainforest and take a series of new pictures to help us talk about these remarkable places. This is the first part of his story.
Looking for lost rainforest in Kintyre
The Kintyre Rainforest Alliance is a local community group that has recently launched with the aim of finding and restoring areas of temperate rainforest. This February, they received a visit from ASR representatives who provided the new group with advice, and helped uncover some surprising wildlife.
Painting Scotland’s rainforest
An exhibition celebrating Scotland’s rainforest is currently on display at Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Loch Sunart. The exhibition features the work of Inverness-shire based artists Jonathan Shearer and Michelle Knight, who were inspired by time spent immersed in the temperate rainforests of Sunart and Morvern.