PHOTOGRAPHS of Glasgow by pioneering Scottish photographer Thomas Annan are going display in the world-famous J.Paul Getty museum in Los Angeles.

Some 80 photographic prints and albums held in Special Collections and Glasgow City Archives at the Mitchell Library have been sent to the US for the exhibition which runs until August at the world-famous museum.

Among the images on display will be photos of building work on the water supply from Loch Katrine taken from 1855 onwards, Glasgow Cathedral and Necropolis taken around 1868, Construction of Glasgow Harbour and Docks, Buchanan Street and Kelvingrove.

Thomas Annan, the son of a Fife farmer, was born in 1827 and spent most of his life working in Glasgow.

He set up a studio in Sauchiehall Street in 1857 concentrating initially on architectural photographs before specialising in portraiture.

In 1866 Annan was commissioned by Glasgow City Improvement Trust to photograph slum areas in the old part of the city before urban renewal took place.

This resulted in the landmark series of photographs, Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, which was published between 1868 and 1877.

The J. Paul Getty exhibition traces Annan’s entire career and features photographic prints, albums and city plan of Glasgow which have been specially researched and prepared for display.

The work has enhanced the knowledge of Annan’s work and the significance of Glasgow’s collection.

Among the images on display in Los Angeles are photos of building work on the water supply from Loch Katrine taken from 1855 onwards, Glasgow Cathedral and Necropolis taken around 1868, Construction of Glasgow Harbour and Docks, Buchanan Street and Kelvingrove.