Balla, Isle of Eriskay, Outer Hebrides
Eriskay is known for the 1941 sea wreck of the SS Politician – which ran aground while carrying thousands of bottles of whisky. The story of the locals setting sail to salvage the booze was chronicled in the novel Whisky Galore, which was later adapted into a film Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Finstown Car Park, Finstown, Orkney Islands
Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Orbost Farm, Orbost Estate, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides
Farmer Keith Jackson with his herd of native-breed sheep – including Soay, Hebridean and cross Blackface ewes – being rounded up by his trusty bearded collie Misty Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Loch Tulla Viewpoint, Argyll and Bute
Above the Bridge of Orchy, Loch Tulla is surrounded by the surviving pockets of the old Caledonian Forest Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
The Macpherson-Grant family, Ballindalloch Castle, Ballindalloch, Moray
Ballindalloch is one of the few privately owned castles in Scotland to be continuously occupied by its founding family. Notable relatives include Sir George Macpherson-Grant, the first major breeder of Aberdeen Angus cattle Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Beach hut, Hopeman, Moray
A family sit by their beach hut on East Beach at the end of their rained out two-week holiday. Hopeman is a village on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances
Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Pony and trap, South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands
Linked to Orkney mainland via the Churchill Barriers, South Ronaldsay is the fourth-largest of the Orkney Islands. A Neolithic tomb and a Bronze Age cooking site are among its treasures
Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Bebencula, Outer Hebrides
Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Greenock Esplanade looking towards Greenock Ocean Terminal, Greenock, Inverclyde
Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
South of Siabost bho Dheas, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Highland sheep have extra-thick coats so they can survive the harsh Highland weather. The Scottish Blackface is the most common breed of domesticated sheep in the UK
Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Glorious Twelfth Grouse Shoot, The Coignafearn Estate, Tomatin, Inverness, Highlands
Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Traditional white house, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Traditional, single-storey thatched-roof houses were constructed from the late 1800s to separate humans from their livestock. The last white house was reputedly built in Howbeg in the 1930s Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
