One LP is a unique and critically-acclaimed portrait photography project that explores the inspirational qualities of recordings and the impact that they have on people’s lives. The project has been touring the world for several years in various formats, launching originally in New York, and we are delighted to present it at Dunoon for its second Scottish showing.
Each portrait features the subject holding a recording that is of great personal significance to them. The photograph is accompanied by a short interview that explores the meaning and value of the selected album. One LP has come to represent a journey into another’s soul: the album that each artist selected is a part of them: their past, present and future.
“The project commenced in 2010 as a response to conversations with musicians about their relationship with the work of other artists encountered via recordings, in particular, conversations that had focused on albums that had profoundly moved the subjects. As a conversation is of course transient – usually committed only to memory - I decided to create a format that would enable me to document my interactions with the artists. The One LP Project is the outcome - something that excavates layers of memory, influence, being and uniqueness.” William Ellis, 2026
This specially compiled exhibition will feature more than 120 portraits and interviews.
