Category: Glasgow

This photograph gives you a better idea of the Duke of Wellington’s location and the size of the statue. When this building was constructed in 1778 it was the townhouse of William Cunninghame of Lainshaw who was a very rich Tobacco Lord. However in 1996 it opened as GoMA and quickly became the main gallery of contemporary art in the heart of the city centre. Unfortunately on the one day I spent in Glasgow last year I was unable to go inside, but it was this photograph and the Duke of Wellington that I came to photograph.

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is Scotland’s premier museum and art gallery. It is one of Europe’s great civic art collections. Reopened by the Queen in 2006 after a three year refurbishment. It has become the most visit museum in the UK outside London. I took this photograph from one of the popular tourist sight-seeing buses. As I was vainly attempting to photograph as much of Glasgow in one day as possible, I used this tour bus as a way to see and travel between various locations. The bus was moving when this picture was taken and unfortunately I didn’t get off the bus to explore inside this building as from the outside it looks fascinating.

Glasgow Science Centre is a major visitor attraction on the south bank of the River Clyde. When I was there last July it really reminded me of the Salford Quays area near where I live. Glasgow Science Centre is the equivalent of the Imperial War Museum North. Not in terms of content or architectural design but there was just a similar vibe about it. Both look very expensive and impressive to me, but I don’t see a lot of people going to either centre. Still, that doesn’t bother me as a photographer and it was a joy to get the chance to photograph this unique and good looking building. At the point when this picture was captured I had just spent almost a week in Scotland without seeing blue sky. Seeing a sight like this made me and still makes me extremely happy. The tower in the background is the Glasgow Tower, where I actually took the lift up to the top soon after taking this photo.