Welcome to An Solas Òir - I'm Michael Faint, a photographer based in the Outer Hebrides.
Born in Scotland and having lived throughout the UK I now live with my wife on the Island of South Uist. I exhibit regularly throughout the Western Isles and in 2020 I was shortlisted for the World Photography Awards.
Selected works are chosen for display and sale at my gallery space at the Skydancer Art Café in Lochboisdale, prints are also available via this site.
I can provide other photographic services: workshops, commercial, printing, commissions and more. For any queries, please use my contact page
Exhibitions
Solo
2023 Cladach | Shore, Talla na Mara, Isle of Harris
2022 Hill of Bright Light, Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist. Commission for Ceòlas Uibhist & Bòrd na Gàidhlig
2022 Innse Gall, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2020 Twelve Stripes, Talla na Mara, Isle of Harris
Collaboration
2023 Orasaigh - A Poetry and Photography collaboration with Steve Ely
Exhibition: Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist, Summer 2023
Exhibition: Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist, Winter 2023/4
Book: Broken Sleep Books, Summer 2024
Group
2023 Uist Arts Association Winter Show, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2023 Uist Arts Association Summer Show, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2023 Island Art For Giving, Talla na Mara, Isle of Harris
2022 Uist Arts Association Summer Show, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2021 Uist Arts Association Winter Open, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2021 Uig Open 2021/22, Hulabhaig, Isle of Lewis
2021 Uist Arts Association Summer Open, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2020 The Sea From Here. Online exhibition curated by David Cass. View here
2020 Sony World Photography Awards , Somerset House, London.
2020 Island Art For Giving, Talla na Mara, Isle of Harris
2020 Imagining An Island, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2020 Uist Arts Association Summer Exhibition, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2020 Uig Open: Re-imagined Online, Hulabhaig, Isle of Lewis
2019 Uist Arts Association Summer Exhibition, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
Articles
The Artist Questionnaire No. 2, David Foster
‘It wants to be written about’ Highland Press and Journal 23.9.23
Featured Photographer, On Landscape Magazine Issue 279
‘A new beginning' Highland Press and Journal 17.9.22
Print selection
Black + White Photography Magazine
Sony World Photography Awards 2020
Bird Photographer of the Year Book 1
The Observer / Guardian
The Sunday Post
Stuttgart Paper
Knack Magazine (Belgium)
Birdwatch Magazine
Amateur Photographer Magazine
Web / TV
BBC Autumnwatch
Springwatch Unsprung
BBC Alba
Competitions
Sony World Photographer of the Year Shortlist
Bird Photographer of the Year shortlist
Outdoor Photographer of the Year shortlist
