Calum Colvin, Ossian 2002

The photographer Calum Colvin has created a series of portraits based on an etching by Alexander Runciman (1736–1786). These photographs were exhibited at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery from 2002 to 2003. According to the artist's website, the twenty images in the series were "created as constructed sets, painted with iconic subjects, decorated with symbolic references, and finally photographed. The photographic images are subsequently digitised and printed on canvas...".

Calum Colvin (b. 1961), three photographs from the series "Ossian: Fragments of Ancient Poetry", painted sculptures, photographed and printed on canvas, 2002; source: © Calum Colvin, with kind permission of the artist.