Baxter’s battles to make the shot

The old adage about artists suffering for their craft is exemplified by the recent experiences of Doug Baxter.

In the past month alone, the landscape photographer has had to do a runner from a drunken gang who decided to interrupt a 5am shoot on Dublin’s docklands, and successfully wrestle back from a group of heroin addicts a case containing virtually all of his photographic equipment, which they had snatched while his back was ...