With a life-long interest in the natural world and graduating with a degree in photography at Napier University, Laurie Campbell has been a freelance pro-fessional nature photographer, dedicated to documenting Scotland’s natural history for almost forty years.

His imagery is published across a range of media internationally and is widely recognised for its distinctive style. Despite having produced and illustrated numerous books and winning competition awards, his most treasured accolade to date was to be voted for inclusion in ‘Highland Naturalists’ an exhibition featuring thirty people from the past 300 years whose work has significantly contributed to the understanding and enjoyment of the natural history in the Scottish Highlands.

Similarly, in 2014 he was honoured with a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards in recognition of the lasting contribution his photography has made to conservation in Scotland.

In two fifty-minute sessions, this presentation is partly retrospective and celebrates the fortieth anniversary of a career spent as a freelance nature photographer working in the north of the UK.

It begins with everyday, accessible subjects photographed within a thirty-minute drive from his home in the Scottish Borders and includes work on projects to document the lives of charismatic species such as badgers and otters.

The second session is dedicated to images taken over decades spent travelling around the Sottish Highlands and Islands, photographing a wide range of subjects from landscapes to macro. It ends with some of the most intimate photographs ever taken of golden eagles.

Although the commentary throughout the presentation will occasionally include some technical information about equipment and photographic techniques used, the narrative contains information about the subjects themselves and the fieldcraft skills required to get close to them.

Examples of Laurie's work can be see on his website at www.lauriecampbell.com

At our request Laurie will be in Malvern for one night only, at the Eden Centre, Grovewood Rd., Malvern WR14 1GD (next door to Malvern Spa Hotel) (View map).

Tickets are £12 each and can be purchased online by clicking this link.