Powerful black and white photographs create a portrait of Edinburgh that truly reveals the depths of the city. Photographer James Reid masterfully takes readers on a journey through Edinburg’s familiar iconic buildings and cityscapes. Reid also asks us to look deeper in to the urban fabric of the city, as he presents us with the projects that are readily seen as stains on the contemporary city landscape: the redevelopment of public spaces to make way for new brutalist structures like St. James Centre and Edinburg University. With photographs of the city’s architecture, culture, and history, Reid presents the reader with the multiple truths that define Edinburg, past and present. Edinburg: Portraits of the City is a book for those who want to take an unabridged look at the city through the lens of a photographer who, having been exposed to the diverse realities of six continents, is compelled to uncover the authenticity of place.

• Photography by James Reid

Contributors Biographies

James Reid is a Professional Photographer and Visual Artist. Practices in Asia, Europe and the USA, and has lived in Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai. He have a background originally set in Engineering and Management. And hold an MA Photography and an Associateship with The Royal Photographic Society. His visual art practice was founded on Landscape Photography. It has evolved and developed into an art form and is now centred on Industrial photography with a particular emphasis on the aesthetics of Architecture, Industrial, Infrastructure and Urban and Metropolitan Landscapes. His photography has taken across the Globe where I have been able to capture people, architecture and landscapes. This emerging and ongoing portfolio provides powerful imagery representing a unique and developing point of view.