Many of the photographs on this page were taken during Chris’s 1978 visit to make Fair Isle, the Happy Island, and are described in his account of the making of that film.
Malcolm’s Head and crofting area from the southWest side from north end in rough westerly galeSheep Craig from the seaWest Cliffs from Malcolm’s HeadThe ‘Good Shepherd’ at the new pier, 1978‘Sheep Hill’: driving the sheep along the dyke‘Sheep Hill’: gathering in the sheep for clipping in June, Fair IsleStoneybrake and the road to the south end, Fair Isle Family harvesting by hand, 1956Party of Island men working on the road near the ObservatorySorting catch of piltocks, South Haven pierCongregation leaving the Kirk, July 1978Hol o’ the Brecks crofting area at south endViking turf dykeSchool children despatching bottle messages from the ‘Good Shepherd’Fair isle School bottle project exhibit in Lerwick, July 1978Bird Observatory in Naval Huts, September 1956Sheep Craig – Brathay team climbing the chain from above, September 1956Double dyke trapCommon Whitethroat in the handSheep Craig and Bird Observatory, 1978The night sky looking north at exactly midnight at midsummer, 21 June 1978
Other photographs taken by Chris on Fair Isle were donated after his death to the Shetland Museum and Archive and can be viewed on its website:
