Author Archives: ChrisLeslie
Beyond Borders Masters Exhibition
I had the opening preview of my MA show with my fellow classmates from across the globe. Was a fantastic night, well received, very busy, free beer courtesy of heineken, and a warehouse party in the wee small hours to finish the night off. The exhibition runs throughout March. More details below: A Swedish photographer [...]
Read moreMoldova Bling
In February I spent a week on assignment in Moldova, filming and photographing in various state institutions for children throughout the country. Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south and is the the poorest country in Europe, with about a [...]
Read moreThe Old Men’s Club
I was recently commissioned by StreetLevel Photoworks to work on a community photography project in the north of Glasgow. For the past 3 months I have been documenting and working with an old men’s club who meet in Springburn Park. The club meets in the historic Mosesfield House that has been a lifeline and haven [...]
Read morePaddy’s Market
On Sunday the 22nd February I will be introducing my short film on Paddy’s Market as part of the Glasgow International Short Film Festival at the CCA in Glasgow. For more information and tickets visit the Glasgow Film Festival site here
Read moreState Institutionalisation in the Czech Republic
At the beginning of January I spent a week documenting with the film and photography the work of an NGO working to transform State Institutions for children and young adults. The basic idea being to close down the institutions and get the children into more suitable family based solutions in the community, be that foster care [...]
Read morePicture Of The Week – Sunday Herald
In January 2010, one of my photographs from Sighthill was chosen as picture of the week by the Sunday Herald. The picture shows the interior of one of the empty flats after the building was stripped in preparation for demolition by explosives. The flat belonged to a painter and decorator and was decorated throughout [...]
Read moreMA Distinction Award
In early 2010 I was awarded a Distinction for my Masters in Documentary Photography. The course ran for two years part time and was the first course of its kind to be delivered online via London College of Communication. For my project I chose to document my home city of Glasgow and the untold stories [...]
Read moreMasters Project Discussion and Screening – Trongate 103
In November I was invited to give a screening and discussion of my MA Documentary Photography project at a one off event in Street Level Photoworks in the Trongate 103 building. The screening and discussion was supported by the Market Gallery as part of their HOST season, a number of special off site one off [...]
Read morePin Hole Camera Magic
I am teaching photography and multimedia to kids from the Dalmarnock Youth Project. With the help and assistance of Street Level Photoworks I took the kids on a trip to Red Road flats in the north of the city. The flats are being slowly emptied and demolished (block by block – due to the amount [...]
Read moreConey Island Mermaid Parade
After the remoteness and somewhat strangeness of Pennsylvannia we arrived in NYC. I wanted to see more than Manhattan and had read some interesting stuff about Coney Island, a beach resort in Brooklyn, and only 40 minutes from Downtown Manhattan on the subway. ince the early 1800s, Coney Island, “playground of the world,” has played [...]
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