'Taking Stock - a retrospective' by Laurie Campbell
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Monday 19th October 2026
Laurie Campbell has been a freelance professional nature photographer, dedicated to documenting Scotland’s natural history for almost fifty years.
His imagery is published across a range of media internationally and is widely recognised for its distinctive style. Despite having produced and illustrated numerous books and winning competition awards, his most treasured accolade to date was to be voted for inclusion in ‘Highland Naturalists’ an exhibition featuring thirty people from the past 300 years whose work has sinificantly contributed to the understanding and enjoyment of the natural history in the Scottish Highlands. In 2014 he was honoured with a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards in recognition of the lasting contribution his photography has made to conservation in Scotland.
Laurie writes regularly for Outdoor Photography (UK) magazine and has appeared in the television programmes Wildshots, The Photoshow and BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year. To date he has won 23 awards (including 3 Category Winners) in the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. Clients include: Country Living, Observer Magazine, The Field, Scottish Field, Country Life, BBC Wildlife, GEO magazine (Germany), Terra magazine (Germany) OASIS magazine (Italy), Natural History magazine (USA), Scottish Natural Heritage, The Scottish Seabird Centre, The National Trust for Scotland, The Forestry Commission, RSPB, Greenpeace, RSNC, National Geographic Television (USA).
Laurie is the author of two books - The Wildlife Photographs of Laurie Campbell and The RSPB Guide to Bird and Nature Photography, and he has illustrated several others including The Great Wood of Caledon, The Cairngorm Reindeer, Wild Scotland, Badgers, Golden Eagles and Highlanders. His most recent book is Otters: Return to the Rivers.
In this Zoom meeting Laurie will present a ’notes from the field’ retrospective - a glimpse into the day-to-day and year-to year work of one of Scotland's most gifted nature photographers.
His imagery is published across a range of media internationally and is widely recognised for its distinctive style. Despite having produced and illustrated numerous books and winning competition awards, his most treasured accolade to date was to be voted for inclusion in ‘Highland Naturalists’ an exhibition featuring thirty people from the past 300 years whose work has sinificantly contributed to the understanding and enjoyment of the natural history in the Scottish Highlands. In 2014 he was honoured with a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards in recognition of the lasting contribution his photography has made to conservation in Scotland.
Laurie writes regularly for Outdoor Photography (UK) magazine and has appeared in the television programmes Wildshots, The Photoshow and BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year. To date he has won 23 awards (including 3 Category Winners) in the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. Clients include: Country Living, Observer Magazine, The Field, Scottish Field, Country Life, BBC Wildlife, GEO magazine (Germany), Terra magazine (Germany) OASIS magazine (Italy), Natural History magazine (USA), Scottish Natural Heritage, The Scottish Seabird Centre, The National Trust for Scotland, The Forestry Commission, RSPB, Greenpeace, RSNC, National Geographic Television (USA).
Laurie is the author of two books - The Wildlife Photographs of Laurie Campbell and The RSPB Guide to Bird and Nature Photography, and he has illustrated several others including The Great Wood of Caledon, The Cairngorm Reindeer, Wild Scotland, Badgers, Golden Eagles and Highlanders. His most recent book is Otters: Return to the Rivers.
In this Zoom meeting Laurie will present a ’notes from the field’ retrospective - a glimpse into the day-to-day and year-to year work of one of Scotland's most gifted nature photographers.
