1961 Magazine Fall 2016

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SPOTLIGHT ASHLEY COWIE, Today’s Real Life Indiana Jones By Robert Seuferer I have to admit; when I was growing up I was fascinated by tales of the great unknown. Exploration was everywhere. Whether it was in space, land or sea the world and beyond was being explored in such detail and society was amazed by it all. Those curiosities were only fueled by adventure movies such as the Indiana Jones franchise. Dreams of adventure, fighting against evil forces and finding treasure are the stuff that makes the imagination of young people go wild. Little did I know back then that years later I would have the great pleasure of spending some time with a real life Indiana Jones. When speaking with Ashley Cowie, the first thing you realize is that you are interacting with a very intelligent individual. When you watch his shows on television or on YouTube you do get a sense of that, but one on one he’s truly a captivating individual. His passion for his profession is so great that it’s literally been a lifelong obsession for him. Ashley said that when he published his first book at 28, his mom went and a got a photo of him and showed it to him. In the photo was an eight-year-old Ashley Cowie holding a handmade book. In that photo the title he had written read “Book of Ancient History”. Q: Ashley, how did you begin on the road to where you are now, where did your interests in history begin? A: My grandfather used to take me around to castle ruins in Scotland, we would constantly explore ancient standing stones and crumbling burial tombs and I became truly fascinated with it. That fueled my interests with history. I was finding old relics like hammers and arrow heads and by 16 I was collecting artifacts and it simply went from there. Q: What inspired you to take such an interest in ancient symbols? A: Who is Ashley Cowie? A historian, an adventurer, a photographer, a documentary maker? I’m a keen observer. I see things differently than most people do and by observing details in artifacts and ancient symbols I began to see things that nobody had seen before. It’s like being a historical Sherlock Holmes. I began reinterpreting ancient carvings by keen observation and asking the basic questions, “who, what, when, where and why”. What was the motivation behind them? Q: What did you do before you became famous? A: At 17 I left the small fishing port of Wick in Caithness, in northern Scotland to study photography and audio visual design. 6 years later I returned to Wick and help run our family fishing business. My father, brother and I ran a successful seafood company and we sold it 6 years later. My father, then at 55 years old, taught himself how to cook and opened an all-natural, organic seafood restaurant which over the last 13 years has become very successful, and now has won several awards including the UK’s Most Sustainable 2016. When the family business was sold my brother went his way and I started down this road. I’m now working with my father again on a new project. We are making a series of 4 interactive cook books based on seasonality. Those should be published by next year. 7 1961 Magazine Fall 2016
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