Welcome to my website which shows some of my recent, and not so recent work.

I am a Scottish freelance photographer and writer currently based in Russia. I previously worked in Hong Kong, Japan and China, where I studied Chinese language.

If you detect a distinct Oriental bias in my photographs you aren't wrong. I make no apology for this because this part of the world inspires me.

At the moment I live on Sakhalin Island in the lonely Far East of Russia.

The photographs are grouped loosely into five sections;

Publications featuring my photographs include;

The Economist

South China Morning Post

Financial Times

The Independent

The Times

The Guardian

The Observer

National Geographic Traveler China

National Geographic Television

Insight Guides

Lonely Planet Guides

AA Explorer Guides

Rough Guides

British Airways High Life inflight magazine

Aeroflot inflight magazine

Contact me at iain.masterton@gmail.com

Please visit my other website at www.hutongphotography.com