From Issue Ten of Hidden Scotland Magazine
Conor Gault and the last of Scotland’s lighthouse keepers
Conor Gault’s photographs of Scotland’s last lighthouse keepers.
Words by Emily Rose Mawson · Photographs by Conor Gault
Printed in Issue Ten of Hidden Scotland Magazine, Spring and Summer 2025.
“Hello, Dad. Over.”
Exploring the practice of lighthouse keeping at the edges of Scotland, photographer Conor Gault’s latest project honours a way of life that has gone. To the work, Conor brings a very personal connection: his Granda, Bill Gault, the last of the Scottish lighthouse keepers.
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