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Christi MacPherson

11 Apr 2025 — 2 min read

From the series Suburban Geometries - made in the first year of the MA.

I’m Christi MacPherson, a photographic artist who has been working in the creative industries since the 90s. For the past decade or so, I have focused solely on working as a photographic artist and have been creating work that ranges from documentary landscape to still-life.

Since finishing my photographic degree in Derby in the mid 90s I’ve had solo shows in Inverness, Dunfermline and Edinburgh. I’ve also had work shown in the Retina Scottish International Festival, plus a cracking joint exhibition at Patriothall in Edinburgh. For about 15 years or so in the middle of that I was also a full-time graphic designer, in the early 2000s working with Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 companies and subsequently as lead designer for an in-house design team attached to a large architectural firm.

I’m currently studying for an MA in Photography at Falmouth University. It’s a remote course but it’s the most intense period of study I’ve ever embarked upon. It’s part-time over two years too, but it really doesn’t feel part-time. It’s a lot. But it’s a deeply fulfilling lot.

A colour image of a neat grid of wheelie bins. To one side is an old garage lock-up, paint flecking of the doors, behind that the roofs of surburban house trail of in to the background. To the other side another house stand large over proceedings, while in the middle, an old man carries his shopping behind the bins and down a narrow alleyway. — From the series Bin Day - made in the first year of the MA.

Due to a previous MA that changed my thinking and set me on a path led by archaeological thinking, but ultimately ended up not being the right fit for me, my work is always led by concepts around archaeology, in particular contemporary archaeology. I will no doubt expand on that at a later date via the process of banging on about contemporary archaeology endlessly until the end of time.

In addition to my work as an artist, I also struggle with M.E. and fibromyalgia, which has been a challenging but key part of my creative journey. It is also - dear grammar police - why I have deliberately misspelt the title of this blog.

Through this blog, I hope to share my experiences and insights with you; on everything from being creative in spite of suffering from chronic health issues, to contemporary archaeology and my experiences on the MA, and many other adjacent topics.

Up until December of this year (assuming I pass this module) this blog will be focussed on telling the story of the development of my Final Major Project, currently (April '25) in the planning stage. If you're curious to follow that story, then please do feel free to subscribe below.