'As Others See Us' visits Australia

The thought-provoking ‘As Others See Us’ exhibition, open for free to the Sydney public.

As part of Homeoming Scotland 2009, this unique and contemporary portraiture exhibition celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.

As Others See Us features some of todays most noteworthy Scots reflecting in their own words the life, works and importance of Scotland's most famous poet.
The sitters come from many different backgrounds and include, amongst others, Neil Gillon an Ayrshire farmer, Edwin Morgan, Aamer Anwar, Peter Capaldi, Denise Mina and Eddi Reader.

The exhibition was launched at the Scottish Parliament on 21st January – 14th February 2009 and has now travelled to Sydney in February 2010, where it can be seen in the Gateway Complex at 1 Macquarie Place, Syndey, NSW.

For more information about As Others See Us, the photographers and all their sponsors, please visit the broad daylight website.

As Others See Us is a unique, innovative photographic project produced by award winning photographers Tricia Malley and Ross Gillespie.
Working on this project as part of Scotland's Homecoming 2009 has been both a challenge and an inspiration. Our style of portraiture is to have no fixed
style but rather to adapt our approach to reflect the personality of the sitter.
The challenge here was to capture not only each individual sitter’s character
but also try to convey something of the essence of his or her favourite Burns
poem in a single portrait. The work of Robert Burns can be quite abstract or
highly visual... sometimes both. Inspiration came from being reminded of the
works of Burns, being introduced to new pieces and seeing them through the
eyes of the sitters. In addition, it was inspiring to work with such a diverse,
creative and intellectual group of people, each one of whom it was a pleasure
to meet and whose cooperation with the way we work contributed greatly to
the end result.
As we discovered during the time spent on this project, Robert Burns is just as
relevant, entertaining and inspiring today as he was more than 200 years ago.’