JAMES CLARK

James Clark was John Clark’s brother. Son of James and Isabella. He was born in 1921 in Millerston st.

James was a very quiet and private person.  He worked diligently as a foreman in the Albion and was passionate about his hobbies; particularly hiking and photography.

James never married and he and his half sister, Margaret Gallacher, lived their whole life with their mother in the East End of Glasgow.

He got “the chance” of the Lieca camera just after his national service in Palestine. Likely obtained as a result of the booming war-time Black Market. From then on his love of photography blossomed. 

As a child I watched my Uncle James develop photographs in the dark room he had set up in his bedroom.  Seeing this magic happen gave me my interest in photography.  During the 50’s and 60’s he recorded the lives of working class people in the east end of Glasgow.  These photographs are of an exceptionally high standard.

He was a gentle, quiet man who was liked and loved by everyone. He lived his life with dignity and left a vast legacy in his photographic documentation of Glasgow, Palestine and the Clark/Gallacher family. Photographs that comprise the bulk of the Connection Exhibition.

He died in Glasgow in 1994 after a short battle with cancer.

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