For my usual documentary work when it comes the time to actually put the puzzle pieces together I find they fit together better and better the more projects I work on. A finished book of photographs has to work like a mosaic, with individually polished tiles fitting together in exactly the right places to appear …
I sometimes feel a fear of falling off. It once occurred to me that looking up at the moon was like looking over the edge of a chasm except that while there may be an edge of some kind preventing me from falling, there is no such safety net outdoors between me and the moon. …
Any film still in production today must have something going for it – almost a survivorship bias in effect. I don’t think there are any “bad” films, only different tools for different jobs. I am open to experimentation to see what films I am less familiar with might offer my work, and will do my …
Ilford Ortho 80 Plus for Documentary Photography: A Review Read More
Over the past few years I’ve been working on a couple of projects which will explore the use of Stonehenge as an active religious site. As this is a long-term effort I have room for experimentation, which includes playing around with different film stocks. This year I opted to bring a couple of rolls of …
Photographing Summer Solstice at Stonehenge on Expired Fujifilm Neopan 400 – by Simon King Read More
For a few years now I have been using photography as a way to explore philosophy, especially around metaphysics. Photography is bound to a practical visual reality, so depicting an abstract idea means photographing it in practice, as a real experience or something that manifests in behaviour or culture. My consideration of metaphysical ideas therefore …
