Scottish Connections

    Scotland's Faces – Polaroid Mosaic Campaign

    One Scotland Many Cultures worked with Polaroid to develop 'Scotland's Faces' - an initiative to create a national mosaic of photos of the people of Scotland.

    The campaign travelled the length and breadth of Scotland hosting photocalls at shopping centres from Glasgow, Ayr and Galashiels in the south right up to the Isle of Skye and Stornoway.

    The mosaic took the shape of the One Scotland Many Cultures logo, and was made up of over 1,100 individual Polaroid head and shoulder snapshots. 

    It also achieved some celebrity endorsement in the shape of Darius Danesh, Carol Smillie, Lorraine Kelly, Cameron Stout, and George Bowie and Suzie McGuire from Clyde 1. 

    The aim of the collage was to capture the spirit of Scotland's rich and diverse cultural heritage.

    'Scotland's Faces' was unveiled by Carol Smillie at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow (GOMA) on 14 March 2005.

    Read the press release Carol Smillie Unmasks Scotland's Faces

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