Capturing the Moment: Glasgow Then and Now
To celebrate Glasgow's 850th anniversary, students from Shawlands Academy have teamed up with Glasgow Life Museums to celebrate by curating this touring exhibition!
About Capturing the Moment: Glasgow Then and Now
| 13th Jun 2025 to 6th Jul 2025 | |
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The Burrell Collection 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow South Side G43 1AT |
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| This is a free event | |
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To celebrate Glasgow’s 850th anniversary, students from Shawlands Academy’s Higher Photography and S3 Creative Industries classes teamed up with Glasgow Life Museums to celebrate by curating this touring display.
Visiting venues across the city over the coming months, starting with The Burrell Collection, the display features historic images of the city taken by amateur photographer Eric Watt (1934–2005), alongside photographs taken by the pupils showing the city today.
The students chose the Eric Watt photographs and wrote their own captions for them. Using these images as inspiration, the students then went out and took their own shots of the city now.
Check out the display at The Burrell Collection from Friday 13 June - Sunday 6 July.
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