Angela's Orkney
July 2003

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I met Angela in Orkney one day last summer as she sought to come to terms with the strong and ineffable pull that the islands, and especially the area round Marwick Head and the Kitchener memorial, exerted on her. Something to do with a previous incarnation, she said. Towards evening she asked me if I would take some photographs of her as she attempted to reach back into her history. Although she had made a particular request for black and white shots, I couldn't resist the back lighting in her hair, so I alternated films in an attempt to meet both our preferences. At some point, I forgot to wind on the black & white film and knew within minutes that I had double-exposed it. As I apologised to Angela, she explained that this was no accident, but the past imprinting itself on our picture-poem.
Photos by Bi Scott