Beyond Braveheart and Nessie: Myths and Legends in Scotland – The New York Times

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Beyond Braveheart and Nessie: Myths and Legends in Scotland

In a country whose national animal is a unicorn, Kieran Dodds has sought to define just what it means to be Scottish.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/scotland-kieran-dodds/?&_r=0&module=Slide&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-6&action=Escape&contentCollection=Blogs&slideshowTitle=Beyond%20Braveheart%20and%20Nessie%3A%20Myths%20and%20Legends%20in%20Scotlan

That question has preoccupied the Glasgow-based photographer Kieran Dodds for years. Mr. Dodds, 35, grew up in Stirling and went to college in Aberdeen, in Scotland’s north. It was when he began traveling and working abroad that he started to see his country from an outsider’s perspective.