Gorbals Photography archive

[iBob]

I have been trying to track down a community organisation called "The Gorbals Photography Archive".

It received significant funding a few years ago but hasn't been heard of since.

They took control of a large collection of Oscar Marzaroli studio prints as well as several dozen prints from 1900 onwards.

Has anyone here had any contact with or knowledge of this group?

[Josef]

Do you know from whom, and when?

[iBob]

Do you know from whom, and when?

The photographs were inherited from the defunct 'Gorbals Fair Society'/'Gorbals Arts Group' about six years ago.
(both these organisations are now defunct — with financial impropriety associated with the GFS)

The funding was made available from GCC (as far as I know).

Seems scandalous.

[Alex Glass]

ibob

The Gorbals Arts Group are still going. They are based somewhere in the Saltmarket area. There was a Gorbals Heritage Group which made a video about 10 years ago. It was available at some libraries. I think it was called "On The Streets Where We Lived". They may have used some of the photos on that video.

[Dexter St. Clair]

http://www.gorbalsartsproject.co.uk/default.aspx

[iBob]

Thanks for the links - they have no info on the missing photographs or the Gorbals Photography archive.

They and their funding seem to have vanished into thin air.

[Alex Glass]

I am sure some of the photos were used in this video. I have a copy of it.