Chris Drury's 1997 turf-roofed camera obscura on the shore near Lochmaddy, a twenty-minute walk from the village
Both nam Fàileas, the Hut of the Shadow, is a camera obscura built in 1997 by the artist Chris Drury on a headland at Sponish, on the shore of Loch nam Madadh near Lochmaddy, North Uist. It was commissioned by Taigh Chearsabhagh with the Scottish Arts Council.
From outside it is a grass-roofed stone mound echoing the shapes of the surrounding islands. A curved passage leads to a small dark chamber where a lens and three mirrors project a live image of the loch and islands on to the wall. It is about twenty minutes' walk north from Lochmaddy, past the youth hostel and outdoor centre and over a footbridge.
Photo: Chris Drury.
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