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...
28 December, 2020
Photography Theory and Practice – A Collaborative Project
Do you like reading, and if so, does your reading influence your photography? I recently joined a Facebook group called Photography Books and Theory. Members sometimes post quot...
2 November, 2020
Katie Melua on Shooting the “Album No.8” Cover with Film – Interview by Sroyon Mukherjee
Katie Melua's latest album, Album No.8, came out on October 16th. It’s the Georgian-British singer-songwriter’s eighth studio album (hence the name), and also her eighth consec...
1 October, 2020
Overcoming Creative Block – A Few Tips – By Daniel Sigg
Creative block has been defined as the mind's inability to access its own creativity. So while creative block is a phenomenon of the mind, it is nevertheless real and plagues ma...
I’ve often struggled with the digital age, the chase for visual perfection. Always feeling behind the curve. Hounded constantly by camera brand marketing, ‘to be a great photogr...
As with a lot of my articles, the reason I’m writing this is to solidify an idea in my head. That idea is that I have become a bit of a snob, that I’ve lost touch with something...