Philosophy & Reflections Archives

17 April, 2026

Photography Does Not Exist (Until the Eye Makes It)

By Andrea Monti

This post is the first of a series meant to organise in a logical and structured corpus the ideas collected in this blog throughout years of taking photos in various environment...

9 April, 2026

So what is it all about, really?

By Tony Warren

Photography development and tech contribution.

25 March, 2026

The Next Ascent

By Josh Baker

The season of ennui arrives quietly, coasting in months after my 41st birthday. I am halfway there. The climb toward the apex of existence has been tumultuous. I can almost make...

17 March, 2026

Separate but Together – A Father/Son Journey – Part 1

By Carl Follstad

Here we are: me (left) on one of the main corners of the Ginza in Tokyo last month (Dec 2025) and Dad (right) in the summer of 1979. Somewhere near Seattle, if my memory serves....

14 March, 2026

Squares vs. Rectangles in Photography

By David Pauley

My photographic archive, viewed from a certain altitude, resembles nothing more than a collection of rectangles and squares. The rectangles come from my 35mm cameras, while the ...

11 March, 2026

Why Do (Photo)books Matter

By Andrea Monti

Throughout my professional career, I have written and edited several books. Initially, I was neither involved in nor interested in the manufacturing part of the process. Once th...

3 March, 2026

Exa Ia -Out of the Drawer and Into the Light – A Journey of Recovery and Rejuvanation

By Niall Keohane

For one reason or another (and one reason more than any other), I’ve neglected photography for some time, only bothering to grab a camera whilst on holidays or weekends away, an...

Day and night distant shots of the Eiffel Tower

18 February, 2026

Which Eiffel Tower Shot Might be Illegal?

By Dave Powell

That’s actually a semi-trick question! Shot just hours apart in 2009 with a my Fujifilm F31fd point-and-shoot, there may be different problems with both images! The one on...

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