Dundee

HMS Unicorn, the oldest ship in Scotland is about 200 years old and is among the most amazing historic ships in the world. Launched in 1824, HMS Unicorn was constructed at Chatham's Royal Dockyard for the use of the Royal Navy. Being one of the six oldest ships in the world and the only surviving example of a sailing navy in Scotland, she is a unique survivor from the era of sail. In Dundee, Scotland HMS Unicorn is berthed at Victoria Dock on the waterfront

Dundee Waterfront
V&A Design Museuum

28th July, 2022. A landscape with stunning views of the V&A Design Museum and the Dundee Waterfront Development Project as seen from the Tay road bridge

A beautiful Spring morning scene of Dundee City, the River Tay, and its surrounding suburbs as seen from the "Law," the remains of a volcanic sill and the city's highest point

The Dundee waterfront is basking in glorious winter sunshine and clear blue skies giving a spectacular view of the impressive V&A Design Museum and the RRS Discovery ship

Chambers East is Dundee’s old Royal Exchange, designed by David Bryce and built in 1855. This grade A listed building has a Flemish Neo-Gothic style. David Bryce, 1854-5; internal alterations T Lindsay Gray, 1954. 2-storey and attic with 3-stage tower, rectangular-plan, Flemish Gothic-style, Chamber of Commerce building on corner site, with plain single and 3-storey blocks to rear.

Discovery Point

Tourists visiting the Robert Falcon Scott 1912 Antarctica expedition museum at Discovery Point on Dundee city waterfront. The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. It was led by Robert Falcon Scott and had various scientific and geographical objectives

Dundee Icons painted on DC Thomson Buildings.

 

 

 

 

 

Dundee Photographics has stunning images in colour and B&W documenting lifestyles and cultures. I supply top quality photographs created for your brochures, online and editorial use and can provide a wide range of services from documentary to stock photography. Statues of Desperate Dan cartoon hero and The Beano published by DC Thompson. The recently painted Dundee Icons of Desperate Dan, Oor Wullie and Dennis The Menace on DC Thomson Buildings

Ardler Multis

Dundee is over 900 years old and most of the historical buildings are slowly diminishing for modern state of the art Development and new cultures. Dundee is the home of Engineering, modern and Gothic Style Architecture. "The last of the Ardler Multi Storeys", 1960`s housing being demolished to make way for new accommodation. If you need those memories on photographs,for archives or general interest please get in touch and I will capture those historical images.

 

 

 

Mary Mitchell Slessor monument erected on January 2015 on the 100th anniversary of her death at the Steeple church in Dundee. Mary Mitchell Slessor born on 2nd December 1848 and died on 13th January 1915 she was a weaver, teacher, missionary and magistrate. Mary lived and worked in Dundee at the Baxter Brothers Jute Mills in the city. Aged 28 she travelled to Calabar in Nigeria, Africa was known as “The Whitemans Grave”. She challenged the superstitions of the tribes stopping their barbaric practices rescuing and adopting twins who were believed to be the work of evil spirits. Mary Slessor will always be remembered by those whom she helped and loved as a “Mother Of All The Peoples” The Mary Slessor Foundation commissioned the city centre memorial with help from a number of city groups. The stone carries a bronze plaque detailing the life and work of the former jute weaver. Mary Slessor was born in Aberdeen and raised in Dundee before becoming a noted missionary in Nigeria.

The Eastern Necropolis, now more commonly called Eastern Cemetery, was opened in 1863. The main entrance gateway, which was designed by Dundee architects W Scott and D McKenzie

The "Old Watermill Mill" on the Dighty burn at Balmuirfield along Harestane Road in Dundee. The Dighty provided power for industry from at least the 16th Century when grain mills were recorded here. In the 17th Century mills were involved in the waulking of woolen cloth, and bleach fields were also established at this time, some of which persisted until the 20th century. There may have been 56 mills on the river at one point in the 18th century.