![]() The image was taken next to the Govan shipyards and you see the looming crush of industry that will catch all young boys in the city. I love how audacious that pink bubble is – bubble gum was the only pink thing boys were allowed so it’s kind of special. The boy with the pink bubble gum is Shuggie for me. What he found were ordinary people living on the margins and clinging to life in a city that was coming apart quite rapidly. ![]() ![]() In fact, two of them were the result of an assignment where The Sunday Times newspaper sent French photographer Raymond Depardon to Glasgow to show how modern it was, and how much progress had come with the city’s new housing schemes. They capture working-class communities in Glasgow and the North of England that were often overlooked by traditional photojournalism. Glasgow (1980) © Raymond Depardon/Magnum Photos
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