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Fishing boat, South Uist

Werner Kissling1936

The University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom

A fishing boat sailing off South Uist.

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: SSSA F110/32

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  • Title: Fishing boat, South Uist
  • 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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