Present Past: Glasgow in Photographs

To coincide with the University of Glasgow event ‘Picturing Glasgow: Raymond Depardon in Conversation’, this short film presents Raymond Depardon’s photos alongside work by other figures in the history of photography in Glasgow: Thomas Annan, Oscar Marzaroli and contemporary photographer Chris Leslie, who reflects on this history and his own ongoing photographic practice.

Words by Chris Leslie and UofG Lecturer in French, Greg Kerr.

The film is narrated by Leslie, a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Documentary photographer and filmmaker, and author of the books and projects Disappearing Glasgow and A Balkan Journey (2020): http://www.chrisleslie.com/

'Picturing Glasgow: Raymond Depardon in Conversation' was hosted by UofG's School of Modern Languages and Cultures on 5 November 2020. You can access a transcription of the event here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/raymondd...

Photographs by Thomas Annan by permission of University of Glasgow Library, Archives & Special Collections.

Photographs by Oscar Marzaroli by permission of Glasgow Caledonian University Archive Centre. © Oscar Marzaroli Collection. With thanks to Street Level Photoworks for digital assets.

Photographs by Raymond Depardon © Raymond Depardon / Magnum Photos / Le Seuil.

This project has received the generous support of the University of Glasgow Chancellor’s Fund.

An exhibition of the photography of Oscar Marzaroli will be held at Street Level Photoworks until the 20th December 2020– Thursdays to Sundays, 12-5pm: http://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/...

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