Iona Abbey Cloisters, Iona, Scotland

THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPH

I wonder how many photographs have been taken of the cloisters at Iona Abbey? Quite a few I should imagine. well, here's my effort. I love the regular patterns made by the slender arches and pillars, and the way they stand out against the sunlight cloister garth beyond. The thing I recall most clearly about the series of photos I took of this scene was that my son, then aged 12, was waiting beside me, and a monk, bent on his business, hurried past. I wondered if he might be officious and ask me to put away my tripod, but he just smiled brightly and nodded to me. No doubt he had seen many previous photographers trying to capture the same beauty of the cloister architecture.