2025 REVIEW
#2 Clyde Reflections Clyde Reflections was a visual arts project by Chris Leslie, created in collaboration with The Empire Cafe (Jude Barber and Louise Welsh) and their podcast series Who Owns the Clyde.
Portrait of britain – shortlist
"Concrete Dreams - Chris Leslie” has just been shortlisted for this year’s Portrait of Britain award...
Photographs of Architecture – National Galleries
Photographs from the Disappearing Glasgow series by Chris Leslie are exhibited in the Making Space exhibition at the National Galleries...
THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER # 2 – Mostar
A Mostar walkabout at the end of September has a quiet, almost fleeting beauty. I was in the city for the premiere of my documentary, The Partisan Necropolis...
Vanishing Moscow: Homes Lost, Voices in Exile
In June 2017, the Moscow City Duma unanimously approved the demolition of over 4,000 apartment blocks across the city, displacing nearly two million residents...
A Balkan Journey Revisited – Streetlevel Photoworks
Dive into a captivating exploration with photographer Chris Leslie and writer John McDougall as they present “A Balkan Journey: Chronicles of a 25-Year Photographic Journey.” ...
Sarajevo Bucket List: 25 Years Later
25 years ago I first ventured into Sarajevo. It was Autumn 1996, the war and siege were over and the city was enjoying it’s long-awaited peace as life returned like a stranger....
When Statues Fell
I first visited Ukraine in May 2004, travelling across the country on a six-day film shoot....
A Snapshot of Glasgow with Chris Leslie
This week, we have the pleasure of hosting photographer Chris Leslie, whose journey in photography commenced amidst the tumultuous backdrop of the Balkans during the 1990s...
Echoes of Another Universe: Exploring Fuerteventura’s Surreal Landscapes
Stepping beyond the confines of our hotel complex, I enter a realm akin to another universe. Stretching for miles on end is nothing but small, jagged volcanic rocks interspersed with pockets of sand. In the far distance, extinct volcanic cones loom over the landscape, their eruptions of 50,000 years
Present Past – Glasgow in Photographs
In conjunction with the University of Glasgow’s event titled ‘Picturing Glasgow: Raymond Depardon in Conversation,’ this succinct film harmoniously blends the captivating photographs of Raymond Depardon with the profound works of other luminaries in Glasgow’s rich photographic legacy.
THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER # 1 – Split
On my way to Mostar, I decided to take the scenic route—via Split. Direct flights from Glasgow on EasyJet made it almost too easy. Hard to believe that 30 years ago when I first visited Croatia – it was still a war zone and getting this far would have meant three separate flights, a patchwor
Sarajevo Camera Kids Revisited – exhibition
Between 1997 – 1999, Scottish photographer Chris Leslie set up and ran a photo project in the basement of Sarajevo orphanage, Dom Bjelave. The children from the orphanage and surrounding neighborhoods photographed life from their perspective in a city recovering from jaw-dropping destruction....
