The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Comrie snapper David’s work goes on show at local gallery.
GALLERY: David Cormack, who uses his work as a means of communication, to display pictures in home village of Comrie
A Perthshire photographer with Down’s syndrome and difficulty speaking, who communicates through his work, will open an exhibition this week.
David Cormack, 31, has previously had his work displayed in London and Glasgow and will on Saturday open a week-long exhibit at Goldfinch Gallery in Comrie, where he lives.
His father Iain said David communicates well through visual means including his photographic work, drawing and painting.
Iain said: “He has a good eye for it and it helps him communicate and show people what he has been doing.
“He loves his photography and has been doing it about 10 to 11 years and he carries his camera everywhere he goes.
“He photographs whatever he sees and he uses it as a communication aid as well as an expression aid.”
David’s work has previously been exhibited at Kew Gardens, the Proud Gallery Central and the OXO Building in London through the My Perspective exhibitions, which is permanently on tour worldwide.
His work has also been published in Shifting Perspectives – a book which brings together the work of people with Down’s syndrome and the work of other professional photographers studying the lives of people with Down’s syndrome.
He has also exhibited at Trellis in Scotland and has illustrated a book written about his job at Southton Smallholding – a small farm that specialises in social inclusion and employs people with learning and mental health issues.
Recently, David’s work was chosen to be included in an exhibition at the Armadillo in Glasgow, at the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 2019 International Conference.
The same work is due to be exhibited again at Project Ability in Glasgow, from February 29 to April 11.
Iain believes David’s approachability and attitude is beneficial to his work as a photographer.
He said: “There are quite a few portraits in the exhibition because David is very sociable and people don’t tense up on him, so he gets quite good photos with them and that’s one of his skills.
“He also loves the outdoors, so he does quite a lot of wildlife photography.”
The show at the Goldfinch Gallery runs from Saturday to February 1.