Highlands’ folklore and fantasy captured in new book

ARTISTS Alastair Laidlaw and Christine Marsden have dipped into the Highlands’ folklore and fantasy for their latest book.

They have combined landscape photography with fantasy images and text by writers Roberta Edwards and James A Whittaker.

Laidlaw and Marsden have been working on the book for the past 17 years, since moving to Fort Augustus at the southern tip of Loch Ness, from where they run The House of Laidlaw Marsden.

Magical Landscapes, Secret Places is due to be released on 29 November by Clink Street Publishing.

A copy of Dreams of Diamonds, their previous giant book, was published in 2012, with the 60th copy being presented to the Queen to mark her diamond jubilee.

The pair’s previous projects have included work on Alfred Dunhill’s centenary

Their work has also appeared in magazines including Elle, Vanity Fair, and Vogue.

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