Congratulations is due to Scottish photographer Niall McDiarmid on having his soulful portrait of Nelson Mandela used in Time Magazine this week. In a week when there are many images of Madiba being published it is particularly pleasing to see this one used so well.

Niall’s hugely popular Crossing Paths portraiture project is now out as a book, available here. The portraits, which are featured as a portfolio on this site, were shot across the UK over a four year period. Approximately 800 portraits were shot by Niall for the project.