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Richard Cross

With a background in documentary photography, I started photographing landscapes as a way to engage with the natural environment. Over time — and through the use of a drone — this became a way to investigate how the Scottish landscape has been shaped by human hands.

“Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discord.”
— George Perkins Marsh, Man and Nature, 1864

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WHAT LIES BENEATH

New project for 2025 – revealing hidden landscapes with aerial photography.

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SCOTLAND FROM ABOVE

Short films exploring the Scottish landscape using aerial footage shot over a 5 year period.

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LOCH & GLEN

Exhibition featuring abstract textures and patterns within the Scottish landscape.

SCOTTISH LANDSCAPES

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Landscapes and things that catch my eye. See also aerial @richardx.wing, local @perthshire.photo and art @richardx.art

A week in the company of the Matterhorn. It's a mo

Ski lift queue, Cervinia#cervina #skiing #skilif

Ski lift queue, Cervinia#cervina #skiing #skilift #italy

I read Whymper's account of the first ascent of th

I read Whymper's account of the first ascent of the Matterhorn as a teenager, it made such an impression I persuaded friends to include Zermatt as a stop on our Interrail trip a few years later just so I could see it first hand. While I still harbor an (increasingly small) ambition to climb it just getting back here has been on my bucket list for 35 years, so to be here to ski is a dream come true.#matterhorn #zermatt #switzerland #whymper #thealps

If I didn't know what this was I'd struggle to ide

If I didn't know what this was I'd struggle to identify it.
But since you asked it's the bed of Loch Glascarnoch, revealed when the levels drop during times of low rainfall. Look closely and you can see the preserved roots of the trees which used to stand by the river.#lochglascarnoch #fromabove #straightdown #aerialphotography #scottishlanduse #ScottishHighlands #scotlandfromabove #scotland

It seems that Instagram's new preferred image rati

It seems that Instagram's new preferred image ratio is 4:5 so here's a picture of a tree on a cold morning to see what it looks like.But I really like the square crop, I used to shoot a lot of square format film and always thought it had echoes of album covers. Given most of my output is horizontally aligned it will be a challenge to fit in with how a social media platform thinks we should consume images, so I'll just keep doing it my way.#winterscape #frozentree #sunrise #squareformat #perthshire #scotland

Schiehallion.Iconic. Historic. Mythical.It's

Schiehallion.Iconic. Historic. Mythical.It's a constant presence in Perthshire. Standing on its own it is often visible, so much so it seems to follow you around at times.#schiehallion #perthshire #munro #ScottishHighlands #thehighlands #snowypeaks #winterwalking

Kinclaven Woods, near Murthy, PerthshireI poste

Kinclaven Woods, near Murthy, PerthshireI posted an autumnal version of the same shot a few months ago, seemed a good time to do the winter edition.#kinclavenwood #outlander #witnesstree #murthly #perthshire #oak #stikaspruce #plantations #forest #fromabove #scotlandfromabove #aerialviews #aerialphotograpy #dronephotography #drone

From Meall nan Caorach, looking north across the w

From Meall nan Caorach, looking north across the wind farms of Glen Cochill towards Being a'Ghlo.Turbines dominate the view while plantations and grouse moors dominate the land. Look the other way and it's just plantations and grouse moors as far as the eye can see.Turbines I understand, but placement is key. Plantation too, so long as there's more mixed woodland. But grouse moors?#beinnaghlo #windturbines #wimdfarm #renewables #scottishlanduse #munros #perthshire #scottishmountains #scotland #renewableenergy

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All images © Richard Cross.