Black Gold Tide
Published by The Shetland Times Ltd, Lerwick
© Copyright Tom Kidd & Tom Morton 2004

Black Gold Tide is acclaimed photographer Tom Kidd's moving and insightful journey into the relationship between the Shetland Islands and oil.

The book contains nearly 100 haunting photographs that document what oil means and has meant to Shetland, through the faces of those who lived, and still live, on the "Old Rock". With interviews conducted by journalist and broadcaster Tom Morton, it forms a stunning and important work of social history.

This website contains the the entire archive – over 300 images, many never seen before – and offers the opportunity for high quality photographic prints to be ordered online.

View the online archive now.