22 February, 2021
Bokeh as the Subject (in Photos and Writing)
One of the things I most enjoy about writing for this website is how much creativity it allows me. I started writing this post before, but ended up getting distracted and writin...
22 February, 2021
An Experiment in Looking at Photographs – by Sroyon
Most days I look at dozens, maybe hundreds of photographs, but I often look so quickly and superficially that it's like I'm not really looking at all. The problem is especially ...
15 February, 2021
Reflecting on G.A.S and Finding other Distractions – By Holly Gilman
I’m sure the readers of this website do not need me to explain what G.A.S is. I’m sure we’ve all experienced it.
In this article I want to talk about a little realisation I’ve ...
12 February, 2021
Does the Voice of the Student Matter? – By Holly Gilman
I have always worried about my level of experience and whether my thoughts matter. Being one of the more academic students at school perhaps set me up for this worry in later li...
12 February, 2021
The Many Interpretations of one Quote – Photography Theory and Practice
This is the second group project undertaken by the Photography Books and Theory Facebook group, you can see the first one here.
This time, instead of choosing our own quotes to...
Now that I am in my late 60s, I find that authenticity is even more important to me than when I was younger; it is also rarer. Why is this? I think it has to do with the time ...
29 January, 2021
Entering Solitude, or helping myself publish with a #FullRollFriday post – By Theo Swinscow
I’ve realised recently that I don’t share my photos enough. I show pictures of my daughter to my family, but other than that, I have basically no audience. Almost all my spare t...
The average 35mmc reader perhaps needs no introduction either to Magnum, or to the concept of contact sheets. But just in case, Magnum Photos, founded in Paris in 1947, is one o...