Over the years, I have photographed scores of personalities and celebrities from the world of arts, culture and entertainment. The highlight has been the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival, the world's largest literary event, with its diverse collection of authors, playwrights, commentators and critics from across the world in attendance.

My work documenting that last salmon net fishermen in Scotland has been an ongoing project which began in 1996 and reached its conclusion with the closure of all the remaining fisheries in 2018. The project has evolved under the title Catching the Tide, and has been published, exhibited and broadcast extensively over the years. Prints from the project are held by a number of important photography archives and collections, including the National Galleries of Scotland and the University of St. Andrews' Special Collection. Catching the Tide continues be of interest and relevance both in Scotland and further afield. In 2021, I began a new chapter of Catching the Tide, when I visited a number of the former netting stations and photographed and interviewed many of the fishermen I had previously worked with. The intention is to continue this process over the coming years to build a complete picture of the last days of salmon net fishing in Scotland and in the North of England by expanding the project to include film, writing, collecting and collaborating with individuals, organisations and institutions to preserve the historical and contemporary legacy of salmon net fishing. Please get in touch with me if you are interested in finding out more: colinmcpherson@mac.com. All images are © Colin McPherson, with all rights reserved.

The beautiful game, from Champions' League to non-League, each season brings new dramas, crises, triumphs and disappointments. Working on commission for When Saturday Comes magazine and others, I have captured football from many different angles and perpectives over the last two decades.

People make stories. For three decades, I have worked in the media, photographing for many of the most prestigious and prominent newspapers and magazines. These sit with numerous commercial assignments which have brought me into contact with many extraordinary and amazing people, and allowed me a front-row seat during some of the major national and international stories at home and abroad.

My career has taken me across five continents and allowed me to work in some of the most fascinating and unique places across the globe. There are stories everywhere, which build into the narrative of the image maker, trying to make sense of the world through the camera lens.

Stories are the cornerstone of my photography practice. Here are a selection from the many hundreds of commissions and assignments carried out over the last three decades

A selection of creative projects, commissions and residencies developed over the years which have resulted in exhibtions and publications both in print and online of many of these diverse stories and bodies of work.