I am interested in photographing architecture because throughout world history, evolving patterns of kinship, religious faith, and institutional and technological development have been given tangible form by building.

The history of architecture is the history of this enormous rich process. It is central to our understanding not only of the built environment around us, but of the cultural forces that are represented in works of architecture.

Styles of architecture reflect the culture in a city. Just as the Gothic Cathedral offers compelling insight into medieval European faith and liturgy, so the villa in Los Angeles or the restaurant in Tokyo tell us much about the cultural conditions to which they are built responses.

All of the images on this page are photographs of Edinburgh which I took for personal use. I was fascinated about taking these photographs because Edinburgh has a history that dates back to the Bronze Age. Archaeological discoveries indicate that it has been inhabited for longer than nearly anywhere else in Europe, and as a result of this continuous human presence, there is a vast cultural legacy that spans many civilizations.