Colin Prior (born 1958 in Milngavie, Glasgow), is a landscape photographer.Marion Scott, Colin's Worldscapes, Sunday Mail|location=Scotland, 1 October 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
Prior takes panoramic landscape photographs of Scotland and around the world. He uses the 617 panoramic format extensively in his work shooting Fuji Velvia generally in the "golden hour" at dawn and dusk. To date, Prior has worked on four calendar commissions for British Airways and has had several solo exhibitions, most notably The Scottish Visual Experience, Land's End and The World's Wild Places.
In 2007, his work on Canna helped boost visitor numbers to the National Trust for Scotland's headquarters.Island images boost visits to HQ, BBC News, 14 September 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
Prior has appeared on a number of television programmes in the UK, including The Adventure Show (BBC), Landward (BBC), Countryfile (BBC) and Weir's Way (STV). He has also guested on numerous topical programmes on BBC Radio Scotland.
Colin lives in Glasgow with his wife, Geraldine, and two children. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers.
Bibliography Highland Wilderness Constable
Scotland – The Wild Places Constable,
Living Tribes, Constable,
The World's Wild Places Constable,
High Light Constable,
Scotland's Finest Landscapes – The Collector's Edition Constable,
The Karakoram: Ice Mountains of Pakistan Merrell,
Fragile: Birds, Eggs & Habitats Merrell,
Exhibitions The Scottish Visual Experience, Linhof Gallery, London
Land's End, Museum of Education, Glasgow
The World's Wild Places, OXO Tower Gallery, London
The World's Wild Places, Glasgow Science Centre
References
External links Official website Member page on the International League of Conservation Photographers website Life through a lens: Colin Prior on GuardianUnlimited Shooting a Sunset by Colin Prior on Live Life the Bowmore Way Colin Prior, Mountain Man The Adventure Show