Dams steal the prize as the iconographic feature of hydroelectricity. However on the project so far I learnt how much of the engineering and secrets to the industry lie in the huge civil and underground earthworks deep within Scotland’s bedrock. Tolkienesque tunnels hewn through solid granite lead to massive engineering. Such as the 165m unlined access tunnel to Culligran Power Station.

Through a separate access tunnel, close to the base of Foyers’ Turbine Halls, is a 400m lined tunnel leading to a hall housing a side access portal. Calcium stalactites line the ceiling with everything coated in a thick film of solid lime. The echoey, impossibly deep rumbling sound of the generators starting had me peering into the gloom half expecting a wall of icy water to rush in.

Time Lapse of Grain Power Station and the tides. The video was shot from a derelict Sea Fort cut-off from the land apart from at low tide.

I am proud and excited to announce that the Madagascar project has been (finally) published in GEO Magazine across Europe. The 16 page article covers an extensive project I completed in 2009 uncovering Iogging activities and their international connections to Europe and the US. My personal goal as a photographer is to produce images that draw public attention to sustainable issues but working in partnership with The Environmental Investigation Agency was a notch up. Our evidence is being used by US Federal Agents in an ongoing prosecution of Gibson Guitars in Nashville. First reported HERE.