MICHAEL FAINT
About
Michael Faint is a photographer based in Scotland who lived and worked in the Outer Hebrides for many years.
His work is deeply rooted in minimalism and place-based observation, further characterised by a unique and contemplative approach to the landscape that he lives in.
Books
2024 Orasaigh - Poetry by Steve Ely, photography by Michael Faint. Broken Sleep Books, 2024
2021 Sony World Photography Awards 2020
2016 Bird Photographer of the Year Book 1. Collins, 2016
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Orasaigh, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2023 Cladach | Shore, Talla na Mara, Isle of Harris
2023 Orasaigh, Cnoc Soilleir, South Uist
2022 Hill of Bright Light, Cnoc Soilleir, S. Uist. Commission for Ceòlas Uibhist & Bòrd na Gàidhlig
2022 Innse Gall, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2020 Twelve Stripes, Talla na Mara, Isle of Harris
Selected Group
2019- 2025 Uist Arts Association Summer Show, Taigh Chearsabhagh
2021 Uig Open 2021/22, Hulabhaig, Isle of Lewis
2020 The Sea From Here. Online exhibition curated by David Cass. View here
2020 Sony World Photography Awards , Somerset House, London.
2020 Imagining An Island, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2020 Uig Open: Re-imagined Online, Hulabhaig, Isle of Lewis
Articles | Interviews
Orasaigh. Black + White Photography Magazine issue 302
A Collaborative Book about the island of Orasaigh, Uist. Connecting Poetry and Photography.
On Landscape Magazine Issue 235
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
Further Print selection
The Guardian
The Sunday Post
Stuttgart Paper
Knack Magazine (Belgium)
Birdwatch Magazine
Amateur Photographer Magazine
The Observer
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
All photography available as prints see here for more details.
Other photographic services are available: workshops, commercial, printing, commissions and more.
For any queries, please use the contact page.
