A Window on Glasgow
19th July – 31st August 2025
Gallery 103, Trongate 103
This exhibition includes several photographers and profiles aspects of Glasgow covering styles of social documentary and portraiture to street and architectural photography. The work portrays a unique profile of a city in constant transition - from the mid 70s, when half the city’s tenements were being demolished and the other half undergoing transformation and construction, to more recent depictions of people and place which convey the energy of change in the environment and in the diversity and demographics of its inhabitants. From a city recovering from the post-war deindustrialisation and depopulation, to one that has cohered around community spirit, civic pride and a cultural resurgence in its art, music, theatre and writing, the exhibition aims to capture aspects of the social, cultural and political identify of Scotland’s largest city.
Includes work by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, Hugh Hood, Arpita Shah, Iseult Timmermans, Chris Leslie, Keith Ingham, Martin Hunter and David Gillanders.
Some of this work was selected from the larger public exhibition 'Commonwealth Family Album' shown in 2014 in various billboard and public sites to coincide with the Games of that year. 'A Window on Glasgow' is a smaller selection from that plus others we had shown - produced in 2016, it was premiered in Marseille as part of celebrations marking the twinning of the two cities, and was originally supported by Glasgow City Council and the City of Marseille. It is being revisited on the occasion of Glasgow 850 and our wider programme aligned with that.
View the 3D walkthrough here:
Banner Image: © Chris Leslie
Left Image: © Iseult Timmermans
