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Scott Liddell (born January 1970) is an award-winning photographer and author. In 2013, he set up the Dark Edinburgh website{{Cite web |date=2014-10-21 |title=Dark Edinburgh Photography |url=https://www.darkedinburgh.co.uk/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.darkedinburgh.co.uk |language=en-US}}, publishing a single photograph each day of Edinburgh taken at night.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-07 |title=An Audience with Dark Edinburgh |url=https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/audience-dark-edinburgh |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Museums and Galleries Edinburgh |language=en}}

By 2023, he had published over 3500 photographs, never missing a day, and had gained an international following{{Cite web |title=Dark Edinburgh |url=https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/dark-edinburgh/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Obverse Books |language=en-GB}}.

A book of his photographs was published in 2022{{Cite web |date=2023-02-18 |title=Vote in Scottish nature book awards |url=https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/vote-in-scottish-nature-book-awards-303925/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Inverness Courier |language=en}}; this won the Favourite Scottish Nature Photography Book Award for 2022.{{Cite web |title=SNPA {{!}} Book Vote 2022 |url=https://scottishnaturephotographyawards.com/bookvote/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=scottishnaturephotographyawards.com}} Liddell held an annual lecture at Edinburgh University{{Cite web |date=2017-02-22 |title=Friday 19th May |url=https://edunifom.wordpress.com/about/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Festival of Museums at The University of Edinburgh |language=en}} and the City Art Centre gallery{{Cite web |date=2018-05-07 |title=An Audience with Dark Edinburgh |url=https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/audience-dark-edinburgh |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Museums and Galleries Edinburgh |language=en}} each year from 2015-2018 as part of the Festival of Museums initiative{{Cite web |date=2015-04-13 |title=Friday 15th May |url=https://onelastfright.wordpress.com/events/friday-15th-may/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=One Last Fright |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Farnham |first=Matthew |date=2017-05-13 |title=Festival of Museums returns for eleventh year |url=https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2017/05/festival-of-museums-returns-for-eleventh-year/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=The Edinburgh Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2017-04-24 |title=Scotland’s biggest ever Festival of Museums programme unveils exciting events in Edinburgh and the Lothians |url=https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2017/04/scotlands-biggest-ever-festival-of-museums-programme-unveils-exciting-events-in-edinburgh-and-the-lothians/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=The Edinburgh Reporter |language=en-US}}. His first solo photography exhibition took place at The Four Pegs Gallery in Edinburgh in October 2022.{{Cite web |title=Dark Edinburgh - Gallery Hours |url=https://www.the4pegs.com/event-details/dark-edinburgh-gallery-hours-2022-10-26-16-00-1 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=the 4 pegs |language=en}}

Liddell is the author of three books of fiction.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-14 |title=Books {{!}} Scott Liddell |url=https://www.scottliddell.com/books/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.scottliddell.com |language=en-US}}