Laetitia Vancon Intimately Portrays Young Scots in Island
Published 3 Nov 2017, 22:53 GMT, Updated 16 Nov 2017, 10:44 GMT
Melanie, 22 years old, island of Lewis, January 2016.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
James Anderson fishes in the protected area of Loch Langabhat, the most extensive body of freshwater in the Outer Hebrides.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Girls at a Highland dance competition in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Scott Mateson, 25, is a gamekeeper on the island of South Uist.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Young people on South Uist gather at a ceilidh, or folkdancing event, where a local band is playing a variety of music from traditional Scottish songs to modern ones.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Kevin and James Anderson, twins, take a walk in Uig on the Isle of Lewis. These days, photographer Laetitia Vancon says, traditional clothes like kilts are worn mainly for special events.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
The Clisham is the highest mountain in the Outer Hebrides.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Scott MacRury, 28, has a small farm called a croft on the Isle of Lewis. When he is not working as a postman or weaving long rolls of tweed in his garage, he takes care of his sheep which roam the moors surrounding his home, Vancon says. He is married and looking forward to becoming a father.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Rowan, 18, photographed in her bedroom. She will be leaving Lewis to continue her studies.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Danielle MacGillivray, 26, is raising her 4-year-old son, Peter, on her own. They live on the island of Benbecula, where Danielle grew up. She also works as a volunteer firewoman.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Kevin, 35, works as a fisherman. He is photographed off the Isle of Lewis.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Holly, 18, and Callum, 24, are photographed at Callum's parents' house on the Isle of Lewis in January 2016. Holly has since left for Glasgow to study to become a mental health nurse. She would eventually like to live on Lewis even if she knows it will be complicated, says photographer Laetitia Vancon.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Melanie MacDonald, 22, just finished her studies in adult nursing at the the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway. Positions in the hospital are hard to come by but she says she will stay on the Isle of Lewis until something comes up. She plays the accordion in the different ceilidhs, or folkdancing events, occurring around her village. She loves the fact that people from the community meet there, dance, sing, read poems, and dine together.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
Anabee, 14, lives with her parents and three siblings on the Isle of Lewis. The children are home-schooled.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
After a marathon, Angus swims between the coast and Kisimul Castle on the Isle of Barra.
Photograph by Laetitia Vançon
