Saturday 5th September 12.30 pm – 2.30 pm film screening (refreshments provided) – You and your guest are warmly invited to the exhibition launch and a special film screening of The Last Foundations, made in response to the human stories of ‘Ravenscraig’, which marks the 30th year anniver
An illustrated talk by Chris Leslie presenting A Balkan Journey, his 30-year photographic exploration of the post-conflict former Yugoslavia Chris will present A Balkan Journey, in an illustrated talk on his 30-year photographic exploration of the post-conflict recovery and reconstruction in the fo
Filming this morning on location for my new short film, Scars, with former Ravenscraig steelworker, poet and writer Martin Brown. Set against the landscape and remains of the former Ravenscraig steelworks in North Lanarkshire, Scars explores the personal and collective memories left behind by one of
#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.
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...
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
"Concrete Dreams - Chris Leslie” has just been shortlisted for this year’s Portrait of Britain award...
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
Photographs from the Disappearing Glasgow series by Chris Leslie are exhibited in the Making Space exhibition at the National Galleries...
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.” ...
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...
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.
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...
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....
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....
