Glasgow Zine Library

Glasgow Zine Library in Govanhill is a fantastic community resource. They have thousands of zines by local creators in their archives – including these four by me! 

Aldo and Aldous 

24 pages, 16 colour photographs 

My friends Harry and Ieva live with their young son Aldous and their two cats Clyde and Felix in a large house, which was built in the 1970s by two Italian migrants to Scotland named Aldo and Raffaella, who lived here together and raised a family. These photographs are about the encounter between Aldo and Aldous: two people who never met, but Aldous is discovering the world in a home still shaped by the love of Aldo and Raffaella. 

Glasgow Anonymous 

36 pages, 22 colour photographs 

The photographs in this booklet depict locations where Cocaine Anonymous meetings take place in Glasgow. These meetings are not just made up of anonymous individuals; they also take place in anonymous spaces: borrowed rooms in church halls, community centres, or hospitals. Such buildings don’t draw attention to themselves; they sit within the broader landscape of the city. But they’re still visible, if you’re paying attention. 

Greenock/Gourock 

36 pages, 30 colour photographs 

I live in Gourock; I go shopping in Greenock. I walk around Gourock; I travel to Greenock by bus. This zine is about the differences and similarities between the two places. 

Suburbia is a place where dogs bark at solitary walkers. Being without a car and being alone are both inherently suspicious states of being – taking photographs is even worse. If I could completely efface myself, I would. I live a marginal existence, and I wanted these photos to express that: to depict not a to depict not an invasion of privacy, but a reluctance to trespass. A sense of distance and withdrawal – of tactfulness. 

A Zone 

32 pages, 37 colour photographs 

A Zone is a photographic survey of the neighbourhood where I lived from 2018–21 – close to Glasgow city centre, in the shadow of the Kingston Bridge and M8 flyover. Not a neighbourhood then: a zone. Neglected by planners, shoppers and tourists alike, it offers a sample of all the kinds of activities we usually ignore in the modern city.