Photographs made for an exhibition in the Collins Gallery, Glasgow in August-September 2008.



"For me it begins with John and Mary. In the 1850s my paternal great-great-grandparents moved from being farm labourers and handloom weavers to earning a wage as powerloom weavers in an east Lancashire milltown. ....



"Recently the UN reported that more than half the world's population now lives in cities. ....



"I know that Glasgow is a friendly, welcoming and bustling city. John and mary's migration experience is repeated across the world. But it can also be unsettling for those from a more simple background, like John and Mary, for whom it will be unfamiliar and confusing.