Still Glasgow: new exhibition shows a city that photographs itself differently

A composite image features two distinct scenes side-by-side: On the left, a small child, wearing a red dress and grey socks and shoes, stands against a dark wall covered in white chalk graffiti (including the word "TOAD" and "FRED"). The child is looking to the left with their mouth open and tongue slightly out, holding a small white object. On the right, the interior of a large hall, decorated with warm white string lights draped across the high, exposed wooden ceiling and large white stone arches, hosts a clothing bazaar with vendors and people browsing racks of clothes.

This winter, the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) is presenting Still Glasgow, an ambitious photographic survey drawn from Glasgow Life Museums’ collection.

Opening November 29 and running until April, it features more than 80 works spanning from the 1940s to today. And together, they make a persuasive case that Glasgow’s appetite for change shapes not just what’s photographed, but how.