About this artwork
Best known as a film-maker and cinematographer, Peat made a series of still images of Glasgow in the late 1960s, in part, to create a portfolio for entry into the film world. These works were revisited by Peat some four decades later. With the assistance of printer Robert Burns, modern prints were made around 2012 and posthumously in 2013. Like a time capsule, the photographs reveal the city and its people at a distinct time in its history when the old tenements were being demolished.
Updated before 2020
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artist:David Peat (1947 - 2012) Scottish
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title:An Eye on the Street, Glasgow 1968 (three children, one in Mum's shoes)
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date created:1968
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:25.30 x 38.10 cm
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credit line:Gifted in memory of the photographer by the Peat family 2013
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accession number:PGP 835.22
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David Peat
David Peat
David Peat was a documentary film-maker and cinematographer. His career in television began in the 1960s, and by the 1970s he was working as a film cameraman on major documentaries such as Big Banana Feet (1976) with Billy Connolly. Initially working alongside acclaimed producers like the BBC’...