TITLE: FAIRY GLEN GHOST

This image is based on a short essay by author Cal Flyn and her visit to Fairy Glen Waterfall in Scotland.

An excerpt from her essay as follows;

"The fairies that gave the glen their name were said to work here, purifying the stream for use by the houses downstream. Generations of lovers have etched their initials into smooth bark of surrounding trees—letters that have stretched and warped with the passage of time, as the trees have grown, scarred over, filled out.

As, of course, have we. The last time I was here I must have been seventeen. The broad strokes of me were drawn by then, but oh how they have bent and changed. To come here is to pass myself upon the path, walking in another direction. "

I wanted to convey the idea of a younger self visiting the falls 'walking in another direction', as well as the Victorian idea of Fairies visiting the fall. No AI was used the image was created in camera on location.

AUTHOR: oscar van Heek (United Kingdom)

Oscar works as fine art photographer and film maker. He has written and directed DARK WATER a unique experimental film collaboration with Scottish Opera and composer Malcolm Lindsay, premiered at the Palm Springs Festival. This was followed by THE IRON HARVEST, a video installation and series of fine art prints, detailing the detonation of live world war one ammunition, on the former battle grounds of Ypres commemorating the centennial of the World War One armistice. The Iron Harvest was shown at Somerset House in London April 2019, and has recently been shown at SONICA GLASGOW 2022 and nominated for the Sony world Photography awards 2020. Further recent work includes; MULTIVERSE selected for the Royal Cambrian Academy 2023 exhibition, and the Royal Scottish Academy’s ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022, exploring the legacy of man’s impact on the landscape and what is left behind; VANITAS selected for the RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2021 exploring ominous industrial landscapes at dawn and dusk; WATERFALLS, an ambitious long term project collaborating with ten poets forming the basis for a book & solo exhibition in Edinburgh August 2023. Oscar is currently working on a new series called THE WASTE LANDS exploring salt marshes and their destruction in northern Europe. Oscar has further written and produced feature films and numerous shorts.