SCOTLAND / Where I Live & What I See (Article & Photographs by C. Lazarus)

I travel a lot but everybody has a home, a place no matter the weather feels warm. Every time you leave there is a deep yearning to turn back, and when you do return it just feels right. My home is Scotland. This where I live, this is where I want to raise my family and one day die I suppose. I shoot pictures here every day, whether I am just testing a lens or walking to a job or work, or out with the dogs. But I rarely share them.

(Shop dog, seems to be a popular thing in Leith).

Today got me thinking. Edinburgh has a huge influx of tourists every year, it is one of most beautiful cities in the world and full of unique and querky people. It is home to the books and stories of Irvine Walsh (Trainspotting, Porno etc) and much of the inspiration for Harry Potter. I could post some fascinating images of the table J.K Rowling first penned the name Hogwarts or show the stunning Castle that sits in the center of the city atop a dead volcano, but that's not really my style.

(Western film set built for an advertising campaign in the 90's still stands behind the Morningside Library).

I like to take pictures of every day things. Like people, or dogs. So here is the start of a collection of street photography I've shot whilst commuting. I hope you enjoy them. And if you haven't already, visit Edinburgh.

(I met this wonderful lady at a Comic Con event in Glasgow).

(A different set of wheels I stumbled across in a garage in Morningside, an Epic car from the swinging 60's).

(Good old Scottish Craft Beers and a Council Flat Block, smashing).

(Scottish girl waves a Catalan flag at a Pro- Scottish Independence march in Glasgow).

(Pawel a pizza chef at Origano in Leith shows off his tash).

(Activist Karl, owned the great Area C Coffeehouse (a ref: to the occupation of the West Bank) in Leith but sadly gave it up to pursue more activism).

(The Rotwhieler, a reliable guard dog).

(The mixbreed, just like Scottish culture, a big mix of everything).

I hope you enjoyed,
Cotton.