Celebrating Scotland the World Over

Celebrating Scotland the World Over

People around the world will collaborate this winter to produce a social media film and celebrate Scotland's global reach.

'Scotland the World Over' invites everyone to take part and photograph a Saltire – wherever they may be - and upload the image to www.blipfoto.com/theworldover .

The film will be built one picture at a time by simply uploading photos with a Saltire centred in the frame. What surrounds the Saltire in the rest of the image is entirely up to the participant, the more iconic or creative the better. The finished film will then be premiered worldwide on Burns Night 2012 (January 25).

The initiative is hosted by BAFTA Award-winning social networking site www.blipfoto.com - which shares over 1.5 million images from over 170 countries, each representing a single day in someone's life - in partnership with the Scottish Government.

‘Scotland the World Over’ has just been launched by Cabinet Secretary for Education Michael Russell. Russell Comments, "Scotland the World Over" is a great idea and will provide a fantastic showcase to celebrate Scotland both home and abroad. As a nation, we've always enjoyed a strong International profile and this wonderfully exciting project can only build on that."

“I'd encourage as many people as possible to get involved, whether they're here at home or abroad. We welcome anyone across the world with an interest in Scotland to take part. I'm now looking forward to Burns Night with even more excitement and to seeing the wide variety of iconic images we're no doubt set to capture''.

Joe Tree, founder and CEO of Blipfoto, said: "Blipfoto is a truly global community, but we're very proud of our Scottish roots. There's an obvious parallel between the way Blipfoto reaches out and touches people's lives around the world and the positive global influence Scotland has long enjoyed”.

The name for Scotland The World Over was inspired but the final line of the Robert Burns poem A Man's a Man for A' That.

Whether Scotland’s in your blood or holds a special place in your heart, you’re invited to take part and upload a photo of a Saltire taken with your camera, the free iPhone app or your webcam.


Scotland the World Over concept builds on the massive success of 'life.turns', a film created from 1,205 pictures, from 21 countries taken in over 40 days http://www.blipfoto.com/lifeturns