Plocropool, Isle of Harris. July 2025

Arnish Moor, Isle of Lewis.

Car spotting in the USA 1979 • 1952 Pontiac Chieftain

I was through in Glasgow yesterday and visited @johnmaherphoto.bsky.social exhibition - a selection of photographs taken by John on #Buzzcocks tour of USA in 1979. Now need to find space to hang this print of #PeteShelley ✨

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 1957 Ford Thunderbird cruises past Allan's Aquarium and Pet Center, Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles. Exhibition runs until April 20th at Trongate 103, Glasgow. Reminded me of this scene from American Graffiti - show the clip: youtu.be/ofuXWGnfjjo?...

1979: Arturo's Flowers. Junction of North La Brea Ave & Fountain Ave, Los Angeles. '𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗿 - 𝗔 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵-𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬)' Exhibition runs until April 20th at Trongate 103, Glasgow. @streetlevelphotoworks

New York 1979: Aero Garage, 147-149 East 24th St. 1978 Ford Thunderbird exiting underground car park. 1970 Ford Galaxie in the alley. '𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗿 - 𝗔 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵-𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬)' runs until April 20th at Trongate 103, Glasgow. More info: www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/a-teen...

Hey @johnmaherphoto.bsky.social Fell into your photo exhibition in Glasgow this afternoon. Some great vintage shots of yesteryear. Glad I found it.

Trash & Vaudeville, St. Mark's Place, NYC. '𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗿 - 𝗔 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵-𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬)' runs until April 20th at Trongate 103, Glasgow. @streetlevelphotoworks More info: www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/a-teen... Full set of 20 prints: johnmaher.net/fullscreen/u...

1979: Union Square East, NYC '𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗿 - 𝗔 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵-𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬)' runs until April 20th at Trongate 103, Glasgow. • More info: www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/a-teen... • Full set of 20 prints: johnmaher.net/fullscreen/u...

1979: Max's Kansas City, Park Avenue South, NYC. One of the 20 images I currently have on display at Trongate 103, Glasgow: 'John Maher - A Teenage Buzzcock in New York (1979-1980)' runs until April 20th. www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/a-teen...

Standby power supply block for WW2 early warning radar system: Rodel Park Chain Home Low, Isle of Harris.

𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵: 4 St. Mark's Place, next door to Trash & Vaudeville. Took me almost 40 years to realise I'd inadvertently photographed an example of Jean-Michel Basquiat's and Al Diaz's SAMO© collaboration. '𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗿 - 𝗔 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵-𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬)' Runs until April 20th at Trongate 103.

1979: Buzzcocks' first trip to the USA. First time I'd seen a 1955 Mercury Monterey in the flesh. One of the prints currently on display at Trongate 103: www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/a-teen...

North Uist high-rise.

The angel and the jogger.

Limited edition posters for my current exhibition, ‘A Teenage Buzzcock in New York (1979-1980)’. Showing in Trongate 103 until the 20th of April. Available from Street Level Photoworks and online: www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/product/john... A2 (594 x 420mm), laminated. Only £12 plus postage!

Barvas to the Bays - the Watchers' bus on tour.

You caught a Basquiat/Al Diaz SAMO tag as confirmed by Al Diaz just now 🫡❤️ in the Trash and Vaudeville photo

John Maher: A Teenage Buzzcock in New York (1979-1980) is now open in Trongate 103, Glasgow, until the 20th of April.

Jimmy Bullar's Tea Hut. Last spotted above Cuishader, Isle of Lewis. 1947 Commer Commando Observation Coach: former airport bus, mobile shop, builders' accommodation unit. Eventually retired to Ness. More history plus pics of the bus and Jimmy: johnmaher.co.uk/jimmy-bullar...

johnmaher.photo 5m **Last minute exhibition news** Starting this Tuesday (March 11th), a selection of my photos from Buzzcocks's first trips to the USA in 1979 and 1980 will be on display in Glasgow at Trongate 103. More info: www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/a-teen...

Cheers Edwyn! 😂🙃 From a Q&A in today's Guardian with Edwyn Collins' Full article: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... Edwyn's new album 'Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation' is out on March 14th.

New photo story on the blog... following Caroline, the Isle of Lewis postie on her round through Barvas, Arnol and Brue in the run up to Christmas 2024: johnmaher.co.uk/walk-on-the-...

MV Loch Seaforth visits Horgabost.

Castle Street, Crail

Seilebost School, March 2010. Number of pupils: 6. Closed 2013.

Through the garden gate, Isle of Lewis.

From 2019 (Uncut)... Edwyn at Brora. Photo session to promote his album 'Badbea'. More pics and words from my trip to Helmsdale: johnmaher.co.uk/edwyn-collin...

Lews Castle. Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

Bus shelter, Keose road end, Isle of Lewis. Feb 2025

Trabant unearthed in the Democratic Republic of Flesherin, Isle of Lewis.

High Mass. St. Clement's, Rodel, Isle of Harris.

High Mass. St. Clement's, Rodel, Isle of Harris.

1957 Albion truck - ordered brand new by Kenneth Mackenzie Ltd of Stornoway, then the islands’ largest Harris Tweed mill. Spotted near the Lewis/Harris border in 2010.

Black Shieling. Ness, Isle of Lewis.

Green Welly Stop, Bays of Harris

Balallan, Isle of Lewis.

Sorcha Groundsell plays police family liaison officer Kat Crichton in new BBC murder mystery series An t-Eilean, which was filmed on Lewis and Harris. ©Black Camel Pictures/BBC Alba/John Maher

Promo pic for TV crime drama An t-Eilean (The Island), feat. Sorcha Groundsell and Amhuinnsuidhe Castle.

Air Mail: Ness Post Office. Isle of Lewis.

21st century shieling. Isle of Lewis.

"The presence of air and moisture are the essential conditions for rusting to occur."

Barvas Moor Shieling. Isle of Lewis.

Extravagant Journey. Barvas, Isle of Lewis.

High and Dry. Isle of Harris.

Upwardly Mobile Library. Various locations, Outer Hebrides.

Rising smoke. Bays of Harris.

Last bus to Portnaguran. Isle of Lewis.

Moving House, Eriskay.