Shades of Grey: Glasgow, 1956–1986
Appearance
![]() First edition | |
Author | Oscar Marzaroli, William McIlvanney |
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Publisher | Mainstream Publishing |
Publication date | 31 December 1987 |
Pages | 223 |
ISBN | 9781851580477 |
Shades of Grey: Glasgow, 1956-86 is a book of photographs by Oscar Marzaroli with an essay by William McIlvanney.[1]
One of the photos from the book, a 1963 portrait of three young boys wearing their mother's high-heeled shoes playing in Kidson Street in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, was in 2005 made into a bronze statue installed in Queen Elizabeth Square.
February 2020
The Marzaroli family created the Gorbals community group that made saving Oscars unseen collection possible through Caledonian University.
[2][3] The statue was unveiled in August 2008 by Nicola Sturgeon, then Scotland's Deputy First Minister.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Flynn, Bob (28 January 1991). "Arts: The camera that captured a city - Oscar Marzaroli caught the soul of Glasgow / A tribute to a photographer of the people". The Guardian.
- ^ Wilson, Caroline (14 April 2005). "Is that you in the heels?". Evening Times (Glasgow).
- ^ Puttick, Helen (14 April 2005). "Gorbals boys in high heels are cast in bronze". The Herald (Glasgow).
- ^ "Gorbals boys strut their stuff again". The Times. 30 August 2008.
External links
[edit]- The Marzaroli Collection - Includes a large number of photos from the Shades of Grey' book