GALLERY: Images of life in 1960s slums shown for first time in Glasgow
Iconic photographs depicting some of Glasgow's most deprived slums are returning to the city - nearly 50 years after they were taken.
Iconic photographs depicting some of Glasgow's most deprived slums are returning to the city - nearly 50 years after they were taken.
The collection by photographer Nick Hedges, which he began in 1968 to document some of Scotland's poorest areas, is dominated by the tenement slums of the Gorbals, Govan and Maryhill.
Now Hedges, who described the tenements at the time as the "grimmest environment" he'd ever encountered, is bringing the collection back to Scotland for the first time.
On its return to Glasgow he said: “It feels like the collection has come full circle and is back in the city where so many of the images were taken.
“It was in Glasgow that I witnessed some of the most unthinkable living conditions. I remember being surprised by the resolve and tenacity of the people I met.
"I saw people living in - even back then - intolerable living conditions, but it was there that I met the strongest-willed and determined people - determined to escape poverty for the sake of their children."
The 'Make Life Worth Living' collection could only return to Glasgow after the photographer agreed to lift a 40 year restriction on using the images in Scotland - as many feature young children and their families.
It was initially commissioned by housing and homelessness charity Shelter and took Hedges three years to complete.
He added: “Glasgow is a very different place to the city I visited almost 50 years ago but some of the same problems remain. There are families living in dangerous homes, or in a place that they don’t feel settled - families who only want the best for themselves and their children.”
The exhibition is currently being shown Maryhill Burgh Halls, before touring Glasgow throughout next year.