28 November, 2025
I can’t stop scratching
It all began in the early summer months of 1966. We were still weeks away from England thrashing Germany to win the World Cup and change the course of history for ever. I was el...
25 November, 2025
Do You Remember That Drunk Dance Thirteen Years Ago?
I’ve always felt a kind of disgust toward the trend of full automation and burst shooting. I call it spray and pray. The camera sets the exposure, detects a smile, locks on an e...
18 November, 2025
Memories of J
“Through my lens, I intuitively aim to capture the joy of fleeting moments – it’s not about creating the perfect shot, but instead capturing and preserving a feeling or emotion....
16 November, 2025
On Prizes and Awards (a Long and Tiring Musing)
Prizes and awards are ubiquitous also in the photography world. There is an award for everything, and I wouldn’t be suprised to discover an award for the best photo award ...
Who put the cigarette filters there? There seems not to be a real consensus about photo editing and photo authenticity. The discussion is lively and appears to be endless. So, w...
9 November, 2025
The Story of the Chinese Farmer
In June 2017, I watched the massive blood-red Strawberry Moon rising up behind the Copacabana skyline and decided to break my long-standing travel rule: Even in places where you...
2 November, 2025
My (Brief) Life as a Documentary Photographer
I have always been a documentary photographer, just not a paid one. That all changed in 2010, I was commissioned by a man called John Casson whom I had met at a dinner party I w...
15 October, 2025
Was it to be my last ever click of a shutter?… With a Minolta Dynax Maxxum 7 50mm f2.8 Macro and Rollei Retro 80s.
I took these, all from a roll of Rollei Retro 80s developed in Rodinal, back in 2017. It was a time when I was left with just one SLR; a Minolta Maxxum 7 and one lens – a ...
