Gloaming

You live here, you see the streets, you live in the light, you think you understand the light, and the streets, but how well do we really know them? Do we really pay attention? Do we really look? Recently I've embarked on a project, large or small I'm not yet sure, to go out and walk the streets of Glasgow under the gloaming light of dawn and dusk.

In the Tradeston area of the city, in Glasgow, Scotland, on 22 January 2024. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2024, all rights reserved.

Gloaming is commonly described as that half-light, the latter half of dusk, when there is still some light in the sky, but the streets are darkening. In some parts of Scotland it can also be used to refer to dawn, or at least I've always considered it a term applying to dusk and dawn. Interesting a friend thought it wasn't time specific and was just used to describe generic moody gloomy light. There's a fine line between gloam and gloom.

Gloaming at dusk in the Laurieston area of the city, in Glasgow, Scotland, on 18 January 2024. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2024, all rights reserved.

So out in the streets I've been, looking at the current state of the city. Trying to photograph all the things we take for granted and walk past each day. Sometimes it pays to slow down and look. And the city isn't looking good. It's looking decidedly rough. And, as rough as it may be, and as much as I love it and I'm currently embarrassed by it, it needs to be photographed.

Thanks for taking a look. I'll post more gloaming pictures of Glasgow as I go. You can always see them in almost real time on my Instagram @JshPhotog, and sometimes I'll update here and let you know of any publication or exhibition.

All photographs of Glasgow, © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2024.