New York, London, Paris, Munich …. A photographic exhibition

Career

Before I retired in 2016 I was a lecturer. Working in education enabled me to research and to publish, and to do what I enjoyed most, which was to travel and meet fellow academics from around the world. I attended conferences in Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Israel and China. 

Retirement gave me more opportunities to travel, and time to return to photography, which I’d been passionate about in the days of film, darkrooms and noxious chemicals.  Over 25 years had elapsed since I took part in amateur photography. I had a lot of catching up to do!

Exhibitions

I have held three exhibitions for charity this year. Two of them raised funds for Survivors of Bereavement through Suicide (SOBS), while the third, run in partnership with another photographer, Margaret Elliot, raised funds for displaced people from Ukraine living Dumfries. 

Keith Walker is a former Primary and Secondary Science teacher, retired Outdoor Learning Development Officer with the Education department of Dumfries and Galloway Council and current chair of a local camera club. In his role as an Outdoor Learning Development Officer, he was tasked with delivering training to both staff and students. This involved not only the development of basic outdoor skills (tool use, outdoor cooking, knot tying, shelter building etc.) but also emphasised the importance of communication and teamwork. Sessions were very much designed to be “hands on”. Keith is also passionate about the use of photography to help people record and understand the world around them, and in particular the use of mobile phone photography.