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Andrew Paterson Collection

Visit the Andrew Paterson Collection website to learn more about the famous portrait photographer whose lifework forms the backbone of the SHPA.

Paterson's Inverness Portraits

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News Update

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Ross 30.12.2015

On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Natal in Cromarty Firth, the SHPA Facebook page publishes newly-discovered Andrew Paterson images of people visiting the wreck by motorboat.


09.12.2015

Mini-exhibition on Josephine Tey at the Inverness Museum, featuring the newly-discovered portraits taken by Andrew Paterson in 1929. The exhibition and the photographs also feature that night on the BBC Alba news.


27.11.2015

After being advised of their discovery, the SHPA collects from Westcroftmore Cottage in Aviemore 24 old Kodak boxes with 3,500-4,000 negatives from the Andrew Paterson Studio, dating c1942-1958. They had been in storage there since 1980.


26.11.2015

The first biography of Josephine Tey is published. Written by Jennifer Morag Henderson, it features one of the newly-discovered Paterson portraits of Tey before she became famous.

02.11.2015

The Inverness Local History Forum holds a WWI Photographic Exhibition in the foyer of the Highland Archive Centre. It features some of the May Fraser photos of Hedgefield House in 1915. Initially intending to run until 30th November, it was later extended for a few more weeks.

01.11.2015

The November issue of Leopard Magazine has an article by Duncan Harley on Peter Anson, featuring a portrait by Andrew Paterson taken c1936.

01.11.2015

The book "Inverness Through Time" is published by Amberley. In their trademark 'then and now' format, the book mostly consists of Andrew Paterson images and those of the Joseph Cook Collection (both held by the Scottish Highlander Photo Archive), and the massive postcard collection of Roddy Maclean.

07.10.2015

The Lost Inverness Facebook page is launched.

01.10.2015

The autumn issue of The North Magazine covers the story of the 100 year old photo album featuring Hedgefield House in WWI in the photographs of Nurse May Fraser. It also pre-promotes the book "Inverness Through Time."

25.09.2015

On the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Loos, there was coverage in The Inverness Courier regarding Joseph Gray, his artworks and letters to Andrew Paterson, and the recently gifted painting to the museum at Fort George.

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