In 1954, when the world was living under the shadow of nuclear war, the acclaimed modernist photographer Paul Strand spent three months amongst the people of the Hebridean island of South Uist, a community whose traditional way of life was under threat from a plan to build an American missile base. This collection of blac-and-white portraits of Scottish people, landscapes and architectural details documents his stay.
In 1954, when the world was living under the shadow of nuclear war, the acclaimed modernist photographer Paul Strand spent three months amongst the people of the Hebridean island of South Uist, a community whose traditional way of life was under threat from a plan to build an American missile base. This collection of blac-and-white portraits of Scottish people, landscapes and architectural details documents his stay.