Photography Philosophy Archives

Black-and-white photograph of pedestrians walking past the tall, dark rectangular windows of a Wall Street building. The figures appear small against the massive architecture, creating a stark geometric composition of vertical shadows, bright pavement, and human silhouettes.

1 July, 2026

I Photograph Landscapes, But I’m Not a Landscape Photographer – What Paul Strand taught me about looking past genre

By Derek Zhao

The French composer Maurice Ravel, whom you likely know from his ubiquitous Bolero, lost his battle with history. Despite his protestations, he is now labeled an Impressionist, ...

27 June, 2026

Flags in Two Places

By Danilo Leonardi

You keep seeing the flags, and hearing people talk. Someone remarks that there are “so many flags everywhere these days”, with a faintly conspiratorial smile. Then on my social ...

19 June, 2026

My Zine Publishing Mis-Adventure, or: Where fools dare

By Andrew

Back in 2015 I had a self proclaimed “Self Publishing Misadventure” and in 2025 I can say that was a lesson I did not learn from. Recently I decided to make another self publish...

Ricoh 500 ME film camera with 40mm lens next to a roll of Fomapan 100 black-and-white film.

19 May, 2026

5 Frames with the Ricoh 500 ME – What Grain Does.

By Shafiur Rahman

I took these photographs at two very different moments. The first were made on the Norfolk coast. I was very unwell at the time. The trip was meant to get me out of the house, t...

5 May, 2026

Why Writing About Photography Matters (or: The Importance of Re-inventing the Wheel)

By Andrea Monti

This is the second of my series of short essays on photography – the first can be found here. The title might sounds like a pre-emptive justification for clogging the Inte...

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.

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 ...

Phil Snaps on Wider Horizons – Making Panoramic Images
I am a movie buff and have considered both approaches, but for my use anamorphic has several drawdacks: - anamorphic…
Chuck on Fomapan FomaOrtho 400 – a film that might inspire you
Great informal portraits! I use Foma B&W film too. Process it at home in RodinaL. Chuck
JA on “Big Yellow Taxi”
No,very much a british manufacturer. They started modifying ford trucks by adding extra wheels, then adding crawler tracks fordson tractors…

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