Neal Gruer

🎯 Fetching Photos. Stirring Words.™
🤼 Photographer, Writer, Etc.
🧭 Bucharest ~ Glasgow

[afroleads @afroleads]

Don’t forget this week’s episode of our #podcast!

We are joined by @NealGruer! As the clip highlights, we get incredible insight into his answer to our #melaninmagic question, namely the discussion of identity & what it could mean for the next generation
🎙 #ListenNow #OutNow

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

A weight loss epiphany - the cumbersome truth behind shedding unwanted kilos...

"During spring lockdown, while Covid case numbers were happily decreasing, the numbers on my bathroom scale had been surging in the opposite direction... "

Read on!

https://t.co/WzMJBcC4oW

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

For #BlackHistoryMonthUK I was interviewed on @bbc5live for the @Emmabarnett show. Grateful to speak about my fulfilling, mixed-cultural upbringing in Scotland. I added some archival footage to the audio. Clip below, full vid here: https://t.co/hXOIfYXNo6

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

For #BlackHistoryMonthUK I was interviewed on @bbc5live for the @Emmabarnett show. Grateful for the opportunity to speak about my happy and fulfilling, mixed-cultural upbringing in Scotland. I added some archival footage to the audio - enjoy!

https://t.co/tT6Si73PAO

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

@blktpstry Cheers! Thanks for sharing 🙌🏽

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

Nina Simone, Duende & Pastel Blues

In this in-depth look at her 1965 album, Pastel Blues, I consider Nina Simone's "duende", a darkness within, which drove her unique artistry.

https://t.co/byVJfCIDBZ

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

Digitisation & Fulfilment in Photography

"The more we use our body and mind in unison, the more we can gain. Digitisation has given us convenience, but in doing so, it has increasingly stripped human involvement from the process of taking photographs."

https://t.co/Z6hYDsQfmU

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

@Vij_scene Cheers Vij! Gotta stave off that shareholder revolt! 😭

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

Parents Are the Worst.

Is white guilt the solution to the failings of American public schools, or does #NiceWhiteParents simply miss the point on race?

https://t.co/BNLns3m2jy

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

🌍Black is King: Africa Beyoncéfied🌍

Beyoncé’s new movie is big, bold and bodacious, but what does it express about the Africa she portrays? Innumerable questions arise, thudding inside my skull to the rhythm of jovial afrobeats...

https://t.co/3MmlaO3mUd

#BlackIsKing

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

Watchmen, Anchors & This Extraordinary Being

🦸‍♀️⚓️🦸‍♀️⚓️🦸‍♀️⚓️🦸‍♀️⚓️🦸‍♀️⚓️🦸‍♀️⚓️

The entire show has been nominated for 26 (!) #Emmys2020, but as anchor episodes go, what makes #Watchmen episode six so… Extraordinary? Beside the rest, it’s a masterclass of meta.

https://t.co/49vHTytVnR

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

Black is King: Africa Beyoncéfied

"As I watch, innumerable questions arise, thudding inside my skull to the rhythm of jovial afrobeats..."

Read on below😙
https://t.co/rCKvviWyBD

#Beyonce #BlackIsKing

[Hannah Taylor @idontspkfrench]

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[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

@Vij_scene @sunilbhop @BBCNewsnight @annelongfield He has a radiator, so... You know... Heating is trustworthy.

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

@youreventsguy Cheers Steve! Thanks for watching and happy you enjoyed my work! 🙏🏽

[Stewart Kyasimire @SKyasimire]

Black people in Scotland
#blackandscottish @JeanJohansson

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

@priscilla_mante Awesome! Really glad to hear you enjoyed it. The director really wanted to make it positive, so it's great that came across! Thanks for the message 😊

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

Excited to be a contributor to this documentary! Black & Scottish, Tuesday @ 22.30 on BBC Scotland (+ iPlayer thereafter). Watch, enjoy, tell us what you think 🙌🏾

[BBC Scotland @BBCScotland]

"I think I might be the only black person in the world!"

Black & Scottish, starring #BaftaScot19 nominee @ncutigatwa, comes to @BBCScotland 8th October: https://t.co/MaVCZoAK5N

#BlackandScottish

[Lorna McKerracher @DrLornaMcK]

Watching now! Featuring my wee bro @NealGruer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇭

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

Cheers Craig! Yes - let's get it done!

[Saltmarket @sogo_mag]

This is fabulous Neal... More TV like this in Scotland please

[Neal Gruer @NealGruer]

On in 20 minutes! Ready that remote!

[BBC Scotland @BBCScotland]

"I think I might be the only black person in the world!"

Catch @ncutigatwa in #BlackandScottish tonight at 10.30pm https://t.co/zgCnutjfT4