London booksellers subject photography exhibition _ spring wenzi

This is a United Kingdom photographer Mike travelled to London "Biblion bookshop London booksellers" theme photography exhibition. This series of a total of 27 photos, showing the major London the old ancient bookshops and second-hand Bookstore owners unique personal charisma and Bookstore internal style. Q: "London booksellers" series is how to start filming? prior to that, how do you interpret their own relationship with books? Mike Tsang: things originating from my friend ran, he was reading a Bookstore Manager. Read Bookstore is a company located in London, m. Phil area independent bookstores around distribution is renting a small space of independent booksellers booth, or some big publishers to set up their warehouse here. I ended Sudan's filming back to London on leave in the mind by reading a rush, they ran over to see old friends. -Old, he led I visited the exhibition space read Bookstore, as a curator, he is responsible for the entire exhibition layout and works on display. In retrospect, was on display are some wonderful sculpture, and read the bookstore of atmosphere a little. Ran strongly trying to persuade me to photograph antique bookstore and second-hand bookstore managers portrait, the idea was attractive, his plan is to put these portraits works in an exhibition and read Bookstore Bookstore topics and structure formation in perfect integration. Since the small subject of culture makes me full of desire and love the book, however I must admit that for the book industry I know little, for a book on how to become rare and no concept. After coming back from Sudan, I am wondering how to start a new personal photography project, allow me once again into the long-awaited familiar places, London. I gladly accepted this task. By Ben, we touch a few in this industry very reputable booksellers, ready-to-Bookstore space as a photography site, so I'm officially began work on the portrait series. From the outset, the project got everyone's encouragement and praise, in the direction we also hold very well. As the "London booksellers" topic of phasing, I started to contact more shooting objects. Or through the industry's mouth, or be a subject of the recommendation, the whole filming progressed smoothly and quickly. I had the good fortune and this industry is worth recording of every bookseller work together to complete the series. Prior to this, yet who did the same thing, it makes me think that very meaningful. Q: comes from the industry's increasing failure, today's media on independent bookstores of increasing concern. Bookstore owner behind suddenly become the protagonist of the entire space, your booksellers portraits series scares. Media brings a dreary message: this is a dead end, almost dusk. When you contact the bookstore owner, you really feel? MT: true feeling is this industry really is experiencing unprecedented difficult and challenging. And every subject talk, I will ask the same question: how recent business? ��-answer spontaneously are complaining that tract of the Internet era, is how a serious threat to the status of the traditional book industry. Now even a lottery or google search to see where the cheapest on where to order. To the public, knowledge is more like a broken body instead of the system is fragmented fragmentation rather than profound wise. The result is the weakening of the bookseller position, staff participation. Other impact pressure from rent, popular culture and the decrease in reading, in part from the charity second-hand bookshop. All these factors add up result of nearly a third of the ten years since the London independent bookstores closed the door. Struggling in the frontier zone of some bookstores, tried various approaches to do a final effort, they also started to use modern technology to improve a bookstore's turnover, such as start online book services. Closed entities shop, now also accept mail orders, also received the international order, and some even still do video ads on YouTube. When some booksellers away lies open to phone or email business, in addition there is a group of people who still hold a belief: the social needs of reciprocity, person-to-person contact and understanding. At this point, bookstore and customer story maybe from MUI Phil Plaza on five stories share of small study groups, or the next book on two casual encounter with a friend, a cup of strong coffee, a heart-to-heart conversation, a spark of collision. Writer and bibliophiles SheilaMarkham once told me: "How can the online shopping experience at the bookstore with concomitant ' hunting ' rare excitement?" this is what I have been convinced that traditional bookstores will still exist. Bookstore industry looks forward to a change, you need a change, but I hope that even if the variable is not changing at a bookstore in the Serendipity of sustenance, a book will maintain a best suited to its owner's fate. Q: shooting from this work, you get what it has changed the way you and the relationship between book? MT: to feel the greatest pleasure that I can have this honor recognizes these attractive booksellers. Bookshop is the world's most beautiful, yet it is the most extraordinary career. "Listen to your words," talking books for ten years, and they talked so much inspiration. To have this unique opportunity to record a film industry era, for me, the future cannot be predicted, but can at the place where I was born, London, will this project completion, this to me is an incomparable unforgettable experiences. I love reading, this love is a treasure from reading to get happy, rather than solely from purchase and collection. I think now I began to realize each book actually implies two stories: one is reading stories and the other is by reading, thinking, share and extend out of the story. Eide. magers, world renowned classics Bookstore MaggsBrothers supervisor. This bookstore began in 1850, founded by Uriah Maggs. The bookshop in London, there are multiple outlets, this figure is MaggsBrothers in London Berkeley Square restaurant. MaggsBrothers of Hugh Betts. Stephen. foster a family from a bookseller in LOMDon famous booksellers gathered by Kleber, Mali Bonn Street, odd Swick Street, his name but guys. Antiquarian Booksellers Association in the United Kingdom, he is an active event planners. Cedar. Harry's is PeterHarringtonBooks master. This bookstore since 1969 from London literary people inhabit Chelsea antiques market in a small bookstalls, until 1997 before moving to the fur Brabham Fulham Road. PerterHarrington bookstore and Chelsea bookbinding plant and old church Gallery maintained good relations of cooperation. Old Porter (Jonathan Potter) as head of JonathanPotterLimited company has been in place for 35 years. The shop specializes in all kinds of treasure map, variety propagation collection rich no one and more. Over the years, Porter has accumulated a map book award fixed loyal customer base, map lovers all over the world, institutions, libraries, etc. are attracted to come here, and the old Potter, will ya. Angola: EU. Neil also in reading the ancient texts have a keen interest to date, he has been in the ancient world for over 30 years of experience, his OmegaBoookshop specializing in nearly a hundred years of the 20th century collector's Edition Books, literary classics, art albums. Now, thanks to economic stagnation, Lipin Bookstore has turned from solid to mail bookshop Bookstore, only by phone or e-mail to order books, usually will occasionally appear in London Olympia and Chelsea small book marketplace.