Craig Mackay, who has increasingly come to the public notice as a photographer of rare sensitivity and talent, works in Brora, Sutherland. As a native Highlander he is keenly absorbed by the historical and cultural issues of that region. Although his work is undeniably local and specific, it also has universal appeal and reference. As a boy, Mackay hunted and fished, activities which he still peruses. This contact with the natural world gave him an implicit understanding of the cycle of life and death which governs nature. It also allowed him to develop and strong spiritual connection with that world, …