September 2014. Highs, lows, an historical and unforgettable week for Scotland.
Here are some of the images shot by Colin McPherson , Sophie Gerrard , Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert and Stephen McLaren in the lead up to and over the 18th September 2014. The world was watching, and so were we…
(above: Alex Salmond and a supporter take a ‘selfie’, Perth, Scotland . Photograph © Colin McPherson 2014, all rights reserved.)
Colin McPherson
A pro-independence gathering in George Square, Glasgow © Colin McPherson 2014 all rights reserved. The audience cheer as former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP delivers a speech to supporters at a Better Together rally at Community Central Hall, Glasgow © Colin McPherson 2014 all rights reserved. A musician with flaming bagpipes leads a spontaneous march to mobilise support for a pro-independence vote on the day of the independence referendum, Craigmillar, Edinburgh © Colin McPherson 2014 all rights reserved. Members of the Protestant Orange Order march through Edinburgh © Colin McPherson 2014 all rights reserved. Scottish socialist campaigner and former parliamentarian Tommy Sheridan speaking at Shottstown Miners Welfare club in Penicuik, Midlothian © Colin McPherson 2014 all rights reserved. A pro-independence supporter breaks down in tears outside the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh as the results of the referendum on Scottish independence are announced. © Colin McPherson 2014 all rights reserved. Sophie Gerrard
The media village outside the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh, on a misty 18th September 2014, the day of the independence referendum. © Sophie Gerrard 2014 all rights reserved. The Union Flag and St Andrews Cross fly from a garden in Argyll, Scotland. © Sophie Gerrard 2014 all rights reserved. The Craxton Family at their local polling station, Edinburgh, 18th September 2014 © Sophie Gerrard 2014 all rights reserved. Erik Kruse at his local polling station, Edinburgh, 18th September 2014 © Sophie Gerrard 2014 all rights reserved. A family at their local polling station, Edinburgh, 18th September 2014 © Sophie Gerrard 2014 all rights reserved. Bruce, Edinburgh, September 2014 © Sophie Gerrard 2014 all rights reserved. Overseas media report on the results of the independence referendum from outside the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, Edinburgh, 19th September 2014. © Sophie Gerrard 2014 all rights reserved Being interviewed outside the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, Edinburgh, 19th September 2014. © Sophie Gerrard 2014 all rights reserved Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Pro-Union No voters argue in the street with pro-Independence Yes voters, in the run up to the referendum in Glasgow, Scotland. © Jeremy Sutton Hibbert 2014 all rights reserved. Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland, talking to youths while out campaigning for a Yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum, East End of Glasgow, Scotland © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2014 all rights reserved. A heated exchange of opinions takes place between pro-Scottish independence supporters and a pro-Union supporter in the run-up to the referendum on Scottish independence in Glasgow, Scotland © Jeremy Sutton Hibbert 2014 all rights reserved. A pro-Union Better Together campaign sticker reading ‘No Thanks’ is affixed to a window alongside a Union Jack flag, Glasgow, Scotland © Jeremy Sutton Hibbert 2014 all rights reserved. Pro-Independence Yes supporters in George Square the day before the Scottish independence referendum, Glasgow, Scotland © Jeremy Sutton Hibbert 2014 all rights reserved. Gordon Brown speaks at a pro-Union event, the day before the Scottish Independence referendum, Glasgow, Scotland © Jeremy Sutton Hibbert 2014 all rights reserved. Jim Murphy MP, former Secretary of State for Scotland, arrives carrying his soapboxes as he continued his ‘100 towns in 100 days’ tour outside the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland © Jeremy Sutton Hibbert 2014 all rights reserved © Jeremy Sutton Hibbert 2014 all rights reserved. Stephen McLaren
Bruce Turnbull, of Leith, Edinburgh, salutes after he has cast his vote in the Independence Referendum on 18th September 2014 © Stephen McLaren 2014, all rights reserved. Men walk on a foggy Calton Hill, a famous Edinburgh landmark, as the polling boots open for the Scottish independence referendum on 18th of September 2014 © Stephen McLaren 2014, all rights reserved. A young girl standing in front of TV crews as they interview Alex Salmond, in Glasgow during the independence referendum © Stephen McLaren 2014, all rights reserved. A supporter of the No to Scottish Independence campaign, at a polling place in central Edinburgh © Stephen McLaren 2014, all rights reserved. Nicola Sturgeon being interviewed in Glasgow for radio during the independence referendum campaign © Stephen McLaren 2014, all rights reserved. George Square, Glasgow on the night of the independence referendum © Stephen McLaren 2014, all rights reserved. This is only a small selection of the work shot by Document Scotland’s 4 photographers on the days surrounding the 18th September 2014. You can see more on each of on our websites and by following these links …
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert on Getty Images
Colin McPherson on Corbis Images
Sophie Gerrard for The Financial Times
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert in TIME
Colin McPherson in The Independent on Sunday
Sophie Gerrard in The Telegraph
Stephen McLaren and Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert for Der Spiegel
Colin McPherson in TIME
Sophie Gerrard on Instagram for The Photographers’ Gallery
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert in The Guardian , here , here , and here
Colin McPherson in The Guardian here , here and here
Sophie Gerrard for Le Monde
Colin McPherson for Le Monde
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert and Colin McPherson in Armen Magazine
Colin McPherson in The New Yorker
Photographs were also published in The Daily Record, L’express, Internazionale & Nation
Document Scotland in the British Journal of Photography and again here
Document Scotland on Photomonitor and again here
Document Scotland in The BBC
