humility
So, here’s a thing. The photograph above is not mine. I hate to say it, but it’s not. I like it. It has simplicity, focus, …
19 Nov
labels
labels
I admire a lot of photographers. By that, I mean that constantly, perpetually, and without any sense of the feeling relenting, I see photographs that …
18 Jan
artifice
artifice
You may have noticed in the last post that the images that accompanied it had been manipulated to a certain extent. Just a little tweaking, …
16 Jan
portraits
portraits
So I mentioned in my last post that I had bought a book of portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Well, it arrived, and I must confess …
14 Jan
body of work
body of work
I’ve just bought (or rather, pre-ordered) a book from Amazon, consisting of a collection of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s portraits. This is a slightly unusual book; …
19 Dec
light
light
It takes a long time to get good at photography. This year marks my tenth with an SLR, meaning my tenth where I have had …
11 Dec
propriety and appropriateness
propriety and appropriateness
I did promise myself a post a day and, although my firstborn son arriving eight weeks premature has thrown me something of a curve ball, …
09 Dec
on reality
on reality
Much has been written on photography’s relationship to reality, mainly round its ability to alter it. Today, of course, we are so used to the …
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