Richard Caplan Photographic , a well-established independent Leica and Hasselblad specialist just off Trafalgar Square, is sadly closing for good after 25 years. Richard himself has been in the camera retail business since 1961, so we caught up for a chat (as well as revealing some of the great closing-down offers for Leica and Hasselblad fans) Richard Caplan. Picture credit: Eva Palazuelos What was your first job in this business? I started off working at Wallace Heaton [a well-known retailer which sold out to Dixons in 1972 – Ed.] in Bond Street in 1961. It was my first job. I was always interested in photography, as my father was an optician. Back in the 1930s, opticians sold photographic equipment too, as it was all about optics. That tempted me to go into the camera business. Have you always been based in central London? No, I originally had a photo […]
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