The Way We Were

John Hannavy was formerly Professor in photography and photographic history, and is also a Fellow of both the British Institute of Professional Photography and the Royal Photographic Society. He is the author of numerous books including The Encyclopaedia of Nineteenth-century Photography, Great Photographic Journeys and Scotland's Heritage, a photographic journey. He is a regular contributor to Scotland Magazine.

' - Pictures of things and places have an immediacy that is difficult to gain from a monochrome image. And pictures of people given the same colour treatment bring them back to life in a remarkable way. It is amazing to look at images of kipper girls in Peterhead or quarrymen at Rubislaw Quarry and see the real people in the pictures - ' Undiscovered Scotland '...this fascinating book. ... Whilst the text is absorbing it is the photographs that show so much detail that forms the mainstay of this book and they reveal so much. ...the excellent photographs can be seen to their full impact. A book to dip into at leisure to see a way of life, so important and gone forever'. Highland News, North Star and Lochaber News '...Hannavy continues his social exploration of both industrial and domestic situations'. Evergreen