{"id":1514,"date":"2019-02-01T21:22:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T21:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2021-01-15T22:29:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T22:29:39","slug":"could-a-boring-book-be-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"COULD A BORING BOOK BE INTERESTING?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Why should you own this boring book? Or should you own any book at all?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I currently have the \u2018Boring Postcards\u2019 book (on Loan).<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 The images inside \u2018Boring Postcards\u2019 are, in fact, a historical document of the times, values and places from an historical point of view. This always happens at the end of a\u00a0 camera shutter\u2019s exposure. History is captured. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 This history comes courtesy of many photographers around the UK. Some of these images are held within the records of J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, England. They have printed post cards for many years. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My personal history with Sevenoaks is the fact that I used to live there. My two sons were born there, and one of my favourite all-time songs from the Beatles was inspired by a visit to Sevenoaks. This song is &#8220;Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite!&#8221; from the Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So back to the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Other than as an historical document, what, if any, value does this have? Having brought a smile to my face, I can see a use for this book on my bookshelf.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If I am feeling low, uninspired, lethargic, unimaginative and my creativity only runs to another cup of tea, this is a great book to have at hand. If these people were inspired to capture these images for history at a cost to them and the companies they might be working for, who am I to sit in my little man-cave?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The funny thing is you have to find the ISBN no. which is printed across the back of the last 2 pages. First published 1999 \u00a9 Phaidon Press Ltd. ISBN 0 7148 3895 0.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I would encourage you to go out and buy one!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boring-postcards.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1515\" src=\"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boring-postcards-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boring-postcards-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boring-postcards-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boring-postcards-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>M<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Why should you own this boring book? Or should you own any book at all? I currently have the \u2018Boring Postcards\u2019 book (on Loan).\u00a0 The images inside \u2018Boring Postcards\u2019 are, in fact, a historical document of the times, values &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/?p=1514\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":448,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcmphotographic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}