Shades of Grey: Glasgow, 1956–1986

Shades of Grey: Glasgow, 1956-86 is a book of photographs by Oscar Marzaroli with an essay by William McIlvanney.[1]

Shades of Grey: Glasgow 1956-86
First edition
AuthorOscar Marzaroli, William McIlvanney
PublisherMainstream Publishing
Publication date
31 December 1987 (1987-12-31)
Pages223
ISBN9781851580477

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

  1. 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.
  2. Wilson, Caroline (14 April 2005). "Is that you in the heels?". Evening Times (Glasgow).
  3. Puttick, Helen (14 April 2005). "Gorbals boys in high heels are cast in bronze". The Herald (Glasgow).
  4. "Gorbals boys strut their stuff again". The Times. 30 August 2008.


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