A Proper Bookshop

[Rob MacKillop]

Caledonian Bookshop, Glasgow.

Bookshop 3 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Bookshop 6 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Bookshop 10 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Bookshop 8 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

 

[Paul Lange]

I used to tell the trainees as work that nothing ever good came from a book while they were searching the internet for information that we had in books in the office. Not all of them picked up on the sarcasm, sometimes I had to drop the book on their desk. Its worrying that soon, it seems, books will go the same way as records and been seen as something the Pipe and Slippers Brigade cling to whilst hanging onto the past.

Oh year, where was I............... No 3 is very good I think.

 

[Brian Moore]

Bookshop 3: The still-life contrasting with live-life beyond. Very nice.
Bookshop 10: Lovely compo.
Bookshop 8: An almost Dickensian jumble. Also very nice.

 

[Dave Green]

Beltin' - reminds me of some pix I took in Wales (Llangollen) with my FM2n a few years back.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Bookshop 10: Just surreal

 

[Rob MacKillop]

We could have spent hours in there. Susan found something she'd spent ten years looking for, only it was £200. She was in Glasgow for a job interview, so if she gets the job, she'll get the book. We won't hear for weeks.

Glasgow seems a wonderful place for photography.

 

[Davie Hudson]

Its worrying that soon, it seems, books will go the same way as records and been seen as something the Pipe and Slippers Brigade cling to whilst hanging onto the past.

Ahem , scuse me my club only uses original US issue vinyl and i'm not pipe and slippers yet .... I like glasgow but not necessarily the people, very biased though

 

[Brian Moore]

I like glasgow but not necessarily the people

All 2 million of them?

 

[Davie Hudson]

All 2 million of them?

course not lol there are 2 or 3 I get on with

 

[Brian Moore]

course not lol there are 2 or 3 I get on with

lol. You're not as biased as I thought then.

 

[Pete Askew]

So these 2 or 3, can you actually name then Davie?!

These are wonderful Rob. No 10 is indeed superb but I also like the one with Susan in. I love bookshops and rarely emerge empty handed. And my house is literally drowning in books (as is the apartment in Potsdam - and the studio come to think of it) and I've had a passion from them since a child.

And edited while listening to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. On vinyl bought when it was released. Me, a hoarder?!!

 

[Paul Lange]

And a copy of The Americans on show. I also see a few books on David Bailey. Did you see the recent TV dramatised life story a few months back? Not sure how much of it was completely true.

 

[Pete Askew]

No TV Paul. What station was it on? I'm a big fan of Bailey.

The Americans is on show because I was rummaging through the books a few weeks back and then it wouldn't fit back in again! I guess in a few months another will be in the same situation. Most of the photography books are upstairs though.

 

[Davie Hudson]

So these 2 or 3, can you actually name then Davie?!

Actually yeah lol , Holly, Heather and Emily crackin photo as well Pete, so are yours Rob btw .... I love bookshops too and have a strange collection ranging from Swedish design, Googie Architecture and Graphic novels

 

[Pete Askew]

I think relatives might be cheating Davie!!

 

[Davie Hudson]

I think relatives might be cheating Davie!!

How dare you Sir !!! I do not have any Weegie relatives :0 .... Irish and Italian yes, Weegie ,,,no

 

[Lesley Jones]

We could have spent hours in there. Susan found something she'd spent ten years looking for, only it was £200. She was in Glasgow for a job interview, so if she gets the job, she'll get the book. We won't hear for weeks.

Glasgow seems a wonderful place for photography.

I've been up there a couple of times Rob and I think it's a fantastic place

 

[Pete Askew]

And a copy of The Americans on show. I also see a few books on David Bailey. Did you see the recent TV dramatised life story a few months back? Not sure how much of it was completely true.

Just watched a clip and the actor playing Bailey manages to get at least 14 shots out of a roll of 120 film shooting 6x6! Impressive!! Surely they could have got that right. Check out the Bailey-like photographer in Blow-Up. Spot-on. Helped I guess by David Hemmings being a keen photographer and having real ones on set. Still, I've ordered it on DVD as it looks interesting.

 

[Paul Lange]

I found the pompous posh people a bit over the top. Pretty much anyone who represented authority was portrayed this way to the point that they were almost camp. Interesting to watch though.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, guys. Just back from Dundee. Glad you like these Glasgow shots. One day in Glasgow, one day in Dundee - that's my holidays over for this year!