Oscar Marzaroli (1933 – August 26, 1988) was an Italian-born Scottish photographer of post-World War II urban Scotland. He was born in Castiglione Vara in northwest Italy and came to Scotland with his family at the age of two.
Marzaroli had a career in photojournalism in London and Stockholm. He also operated as a photographer on the streets of Glasgow and became famed for his iconic images of the city in the 1960s. He was best known for his images of the Gorbals area as the bulldozers cleared away the streets of the run down tenements. Marzaroli’s work came to national attention in the 1980s with the publication of three collections of his photographs by the Edinburgh publishing house Mainstream. He was also a film cameraman, as well as director and producer, for Ogam Films, which he founded with three friends in 1967.
In 1991, a number of Glaswegian musicians came together to help compile a tribute album entitled The Tree and the Bird and the Fish and the Bell (the title is inspired by the coat of arms of the city of Glasgow). The rock band Deacon Blue, who contributed to the album, had already extensively used Marzaroli’s photographs on their album and single covers. In the same year Marzaroli was also the subject of an ITV documentary.
A website of his prints has since been set up by his family.
The Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci song Reverend Oscar Marzaroli is a tribute of sorts.
One of his photographs from 1963, depicting young boys playing dress-up with high-heeled shoes in the streets of the Gorbals, was recreated as a sculpture in 2008 as part of the second regeneration of the district (the tenements he captured in images were replaced by tower blocks in projects such as Hutchesontown C, which themselves were demolished by the end of the century).
Oscar Marzaroli (1933 – August 26, 1988) was an Italian-born Scottish photographer of post-World War II urban Scotland. He was born in Castiglione Vara in northwest Italy and came to Scotland taking into consideration his family at the age of two.
Marzaroli had a career in photojournalism in London and Stockholm. He as a consequence operated as a photographer upon the streets of Glasgow and became famed for his iconic images of the city in the 1960s. He was best known for his images of the Gorbals Place as the bulldozers cleared away the streets of the control down tenements. Marzaroli’s put-on came to national attention in the 1980s like the notice of three collections of his photographs by the Edinburgh publishing home Mainstream. He was along with a film cameraman, as competently as director and producer, for Ogam Films, which he founded like three connections in 1967.
In 1991, a number of Glaswegian musicians came together to back compile a tribute album entitled The Tree and the Bird and the Fish and the Bell (the title is inspired by the jacket of arms of the city of Glasgow). The stone band Deacon Blue, who contributed to the album, had already extensively used Marzaroli’s photographs upon their album and single covers. In the thesame year Marzaroli was furthermore the subject of an ITV documentary.
A website of his prints has before been set going on by his family.
The Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci song Reverend Oscar Marzaroli is a rave review of sorts.
One of his photographs from 1963, depicting pubescent boys playing dress-up later than high-heeled shoes in the streets of the Gorbals, was recreated as a sculpture in 2008 as allowance of the second regeneration of the district (the tenements he captured in images were replaced by tower blocks in projects such as Hutchesontown C, which themselves were demolished by the end of the century).
Table of Contents
- 1 Books
- 2 References
- 3 External links
- 3.1 Glasgow's People 1956-1988
- 3.2 Glasgow songs by Glasgow artists for the Oscar Marzaroli Trust: Big Dish, Wet Wet Wet, Lloyd Cole.. / Vinyl record [Vinyl-LP]
- 3.3 Vintage photograph of Oscar Marzaroli's photograph of the Samson siblings
- 3.4 One Man's World: Photographs, 1955-1984 -- Oscar Marzaroli
- 3.5 Vintage photo of The Forth and Clyde Canal at Pinkston, 1962 by Oscar Marzaroli
- 3.6 La nostra voce insieme (Festival di Ghedi: artisti uniti per Or.S.A. Onlus)
- 3.7 [Waiting for the Magic: The Photographs of Oscar Marzaroli] [By: x] [July, 2014]
- 3.8 Shades of Grey: Glasgow, 1956-1987: Glasgow, 1956-86 by Oscar Marzaroli (1987-12-31)
- 3.9 Shades of Scotland 1956-1988 (By Appointment Only Series)
- 3.10 Vanishing Glasgow
Books
References
External links
Last update 2021-08-06