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Creels, Polochar
Werner Kissling1936
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
A fisherman working on his creels, used for catching lobster.
The photograph was taken by Werner Kissling (1895-1988), an ethnological photographer, who worked mainly in island and coastal communities in Scotland. He made one of the earliest Gaelic films, Eriskay: A Poem of Remote Lives (1935).
University of Edinburgh, School of Scottish Studies Archives: F105/20
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Details
- Title: Creels, Polochar
- Creator: Werner Kissling
- Date Created: 1936
- Location Created: South Uist, Western Isles, Scotland
- Rights: Courtesy of David Lockwood
- Medium: Photograph (Negative)
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