A Doctor’s-Eye View at Astley-Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh

Spring
Pete Wands, 'Spring', from the exhibition

Title:
Four Seasons in One Day

From: 8 Sep 2025

Venue:
Astley-Ainslie Hospital
133 Grange Loan
Edinburgh
EH9 2DT

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Set in the grounds of south Edinburgh’s Astley-Ainslie Hospital, an outdoor exhibition, Four Seasons in One Day, comprises photographs taken by local GP Dr. Pete Wands, who has collected eight years’-worth of images capturing the ever-shifting moods of Edinburgh’s streets throughout the four seasons of the year, the golden light of spring mornings following the cinematic shadows of dark winter nights.

Summer

Dr. Pete describes his walks with his camera as being an antidote to the pressures of being on the NHS front line, and has artfully captured the unique poetry that Edinburgh speaks.

Winter
Winter

The Hospital itself, with its extensive garden-scape of mature trees – ideal for recuperation – is scheduled to be re-developed for housing.

Autumn
Autumn

The exhibition has been mounted in collaboration with NHS Lothian Tonic Arts, which mounts year-round events, exhibitions, art and music in healthcare settings such as hospitals. Its principal dedicated space is at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in Little France.

Note: the exhibition currently has no official end-date.

The exhibition in-situ
The exhibition in-situ in the Hospital grounds.

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