Explore the stories of ten care-experienced individuals, captured by the dramatic and atmospheric portraiture of photographer Chris Scott. Inspired and informed by the personal stories of ten contributors to the Caring Scotland project.  

Chris is a Scottish photographer with a care-experienced background, who’s unobtrusive photography style captures the essence and personality of the people he photographs.

Ten Portraits exhibition is part of Caring Scotland, a three-year listening project led by acclaimed playwright Nicola McCartney documenting and recording the lives of Care Experienced people in Scotland.

Ten Portraits opens at An Tobar, The Snuff, Mull before touring to venues and gallery spaces across Scotland. The One Hundred Voices Installation will also be touring to a number of venues alongside the Ten Portraits exhibition from Aug 2026 – Oct 2027.

Lead Artist: Nicola McCartney

Photographer: Chris Scott

National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Who Cares? Scotland and the National Library of Scotland, funded with an award from The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Supported by The Weir Charitable Trust and The Rayne Foundation 

Caring Scotland also has two other strands:

One Hundred Voices is an interactive audio-guided installation giving a creative insight into living in the care system and is an artistic act of recognition and celebration of the one hundred testimonies the project has recorded.  

The Sound Collection – all stories gathered from the listening project will be deposited in a new Caring Scotland oral history audio archive, housed in perpetuity at the National Library of Scotland for public access as well as excerpts being made available online via the NTS website