The Idle Photos of an Idle Fellow
By Neil Scott •
A photo diary from the 2025 Idler Festival
The Crop is a weekly newsletter on the impact of photography. It is edited by Neil Scott, a writer, designer, and photographer based in Glasgow.
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Can photography capture the soul?
By Neil Scott •Unconscious revelations through the camera
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Depth of Field
By Neil Scott •An essay commissioned by Street Level Photoworks to accompany their exhibition Depth of Field
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Photography as Conceptual Art
By Neil Scott •A conversation with Roger Palmer on the publication of BLOODSTREAM/LAZARETTO
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Linder: Danger and Glamour
By Neil Scott •A conversation with the artist about glamour, punk, and galloping consumption of images
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London
By Neil Scott •After writing about Patrick Keiller’s London, I was inspired to share this photo essay from a day in the city.
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"How very Ballardian"
By Neil Scott •What does JG Ballard signify in 2025?
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Celtic Celebrations Redux
By Neil Scott •The traditional end-of-season bacchanal
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The Photobook of the Film
By Neil Scott •A review of Patrick Keiller's London (1994) and London (2020) by Patrick Keiller
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Never Go Out
By Neil Scott •Photos from a fundraiser for the film I and Us at SWG3 on 27 March 2025
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Alan Dimmick's Glasgow
By Neil Scott •An interview with the photographer about his two new Cafe Royal Books publications
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MONOLOGUE
By Neil Scott •Photos of Jess Higgins' performance on 12 April 2025, which took place at 20 Albert Road in front of a blown-up photograph that I took of Isabella Widger's backdrop.
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Richard Prince
By Neil Scott •Inappropriation artist
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The Detonating Presence of Peter Hujar
By Neil Scott •An interview with John Douglas Millar co-curator of Peter Hujar — Eyes Open in the Dark and Peter Hujar's biographer
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Beck Slack
By Neil Scott •Photographs from SWG3 on 27 March 2025
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The Five Stages of AI Grief
By Neil Scott •A conversation with Ewan Morrison, author of the new novel For Emma.
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Saint Sappho
By Neil Scott •Photographs from SWG3 on 27 March 2025
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Josh Wirz in the White Cart
By Neil Scott •Photographs from a durational performance in a river
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Yookay Aesthetics
By Neil Scott •A review of 'After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024'
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The Living Dead
By Neil Scott •A review of 'Maud Sulter - You are my kindred spirit' at Tramway, Glasgow